Nine Elms tube station

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Nine Elms
Location of Nine Elms in Greater London
Location Nine Elms
Local authority London Borough of Lambeth
Managed by London Underground
Owner Transport for London
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes
Fare zone 1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Not opened [1]
2020Not opened [2]
2021Increase2.svg 1.16 million [3]
2022Increase2.svg 3.47 million [4]
2023Increase2.svg 4.11 million [5]
Key dates
20 September 2021Opened
Other information
Coordinates 51°28′48″N0°07′43″W / 51.48000°N 0.12850°W / 51.48000; -0.12850
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Nine Elms is a London Underground station in Nine Elms, London. The station opened on 20 September 2021, [6] as part of the Northern line extension to Battersea. It serves the rapidly growing area, [7] New Covent Garden Market and the Embassy of the United States.

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Nine Elms station roundel

It is close to the site of the former Nine Elms railway station, once the terminus of the London and South Western Railway.

Services

The station is in Zone 1, served by the Northern line as part of the two-station extension from Kennington. The extension runs on to the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.

Service pattern

Connections

London Buses routes 77, 87, 196, 452 and night route N87 serve the station. [9]

Design

The station entrance was designed by Grimshaw, [10] [11] and the future over-station development will be designed by Assael Architecture. [12] Design provisions for potential future installation of platform screen doors have been added to the station. [13] [14]

In September 2019, Art on the Underground announced that the artist Samara Scott had been commissioned to install a permanent artwork in the station's ticket hall. [15] [16] Before the opening of the extension in September 2021, it was confirmed that this artwork was not installed due to technical reasons. [17] Another commission will take place for artwork at the station in future. [17]

In October 2023, a Labyrinth by artist Mark Wallinger was installed at the station, marking 10 years of the artworks and the 160th anniversary of the London Underground. [18]

Space around the station

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New Covent Garden - external view circa 2005 with the now demolished Market Towers in the background

The future over-station development will provide over 400 new homes (with 40 per cent being affordable), office space, retail and a new public square serving the station. [19] This will allow Transport for London to recoup some of the costs of building the station, as well as providing long-term revenue for TfL. [20]

An archway under the Nine Elms to Waterloo Viaduct has been opened up as a pedestrian route, allowing easier north–south access through the area, as well as improving access to the Embassy Gardens and US Embassy developments. [21]

A large Sainsbury’s superstore was demolished to make way for the station and was rebuilt and reopened in 2016. [22] The new store is directly adjacent to the station.

History

Construction

The station was given the final approval by the Secretary of State for Transport in November 2014, [23] [24] and construction began in 2015. [25] The station was built using the cut-and-cover station box method, ensuring easy access during construction, as well as allowing future construction of a mixed-use development on top of the station. [26]

The station was projected to open along with the rest of the extension in 2020, [7] but in December 2018, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced that the project's opening would be delayed for a year. [27]

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Platforms

By June 2019, major tunnelling and track works had been completed, with an engineering train running on the extension for the first time. [28] By February 2020, construction of the station was nearly complete, with platforms, escalators and the London Underground roundel installed on the station. [29]

Opening

The station opened on 20 September 2021. [30]

In September 2022, TfL announced that over 5 million trips had been made on the extension since opening, with an average of 40,000 trips a week at Nine Elms, around half that of Battersea Power Station. [31]

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  17. 1 2 Art on the Underground (3 September 2021). "The artwork at Nine Elms as originally conceived by artist Samara Scott will not be able to go ahead for technical reasons. Details of a commission for a permanent artwork at this station will be announced in due course". Twitter. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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