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The new £1.1billion Northern Line Tube extension has come under fire just two days after it opened - from Londoners disappointed it does not go as far as Clapham Junction.
(Permalink) Northern Line Extension Nine Elms [Northern Line]: Exterior of Nine Elms station, the only intermediate station on the new LU Northern Line branch (here in south London) from Kennington to Battersea Power Station, on its First Day of passenger service ... Battersea Power Station [Northern Line]: First Day of passenger services to Battersea Power Station station, terminus of the new LU Northern Line branch from Kennington (here in south-west London), on Monday, 20th September 2021. |
£1.1bn project adds nearly two miles of tunnel and two new stations Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station. The first major addition to the London Underground this century comes into service on Monday, when the Northern line extension opens to carry passengers to new stops at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station. Taking six years of construction and testing, and a longer period again of design and planning, the £1.1bn project adding nearly two miles of tunnel as well as the two stations - has put the dramatically changing area of south London on the Tube map.
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It's the first major expansion of the network this century.
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The two new stations comprising London Undergrounds Northern Line Extension were due to open to the public on September 20.
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The first empty passenger trains have run over the branch of London Undergrounds Northern Line which is under construction to serve the Battersea Power Station regeneration area.
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