Request ID: FOI-1203-2122 Date published: 10 September 2021
You asked
Two new tube stations are opening as part of the Northern Line extension this year. On the entrances to the new stations are the names 'Nine Elms Station' and 'Battersea Power Station'. Please confirm whether the second station (the terminus) has been named 'Battersea Power' or whether the 'station' suffix has been deliberately omitted from the entrance and that the full name is 'Battersea Power Station Station'.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-1203-2122
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 7th September 2021 asking for information about the Northern Line extension.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“Two new tube stations are opening as part of the Northern Line extension this year. On the entrances to the new stations are the names 'Nine Elms Station' and 'Battersea Power Station'. Please confirm whether the second station (the terminus) has been named 'Battersea Power' or whether the 'station' suffix has been deliberately omitted from the entrance and that the full name is 'Battersea Power Station Station'.”
I can confirm that the two new stations are called “Nine Elms” and “Battersea Power Station” - as depicted on the map in the following section of our website, which provides some more general information about the new extension which may be of interest:
If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
