London’s Northern line branch of the Underground has just got a lot more Southern.
Two new stations, Battersea Power Station… Station and Nine Elms, have opened on the line adding some two miles of South West London tunnel to the Tube map after a six-year testing period which cost £1.1bn.
The first trains leaving the station were expected to leave at 5.28 am. More than 100 passengers waited in the street to witness the moment. It is the first extension of the tube since 1999. Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor even stopped by to have a gander and said it would “hugely improve the links between these vibrant, growing south London neighborhoods and the rest of the capital.
He added: “The new stations are beautiful and I encourage Londoners and visitors to start using [them].
The line could carry eight million passengers per year. Services will be available every 10-12 minutes and the frequency will double next year. The stations have been designated as Zone 1 and will be used to transport people who live in the cursed pool flat complex within just 15 minutes.