Ladbroke Grove railway station

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Ladbroke Grove Elizabeth line roundel (no text).svg
Location Kensal Green
Local authority Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Managed by Crossrail
Owner Network Rail
Transport for London
Number of platforms2
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Ladbroke Grove is a proposed railway station in London, England on the Crossrail Route between Old Oak Common and Paddington. This is not part of the internal route and would be added at a later stage. Locals want the station to be called Portobello Central to serve the nearby Portobello Market. [1] [2] [3] It was originally called Kensal.

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Proposals

Kensington and Chelsea Council has been pushing for a station at North Kensington / Kensal, [4] just to the east of the Old Oak Common railway station site, off Ladbroke Grove and Canal Way, as a turn-back facility will have to be built in the area anyway. Siting it at Kensal Rise, rather than next to Paddington itself, would provide a new station to regenerate the area. [1] [2] [3] Amongst the general public there is a huge amount of support for the project and then-mayor of London Boris Johnson stated that a station would be added if it did not increase Crossrail's overall cost; in response, Kensington and Chelsea Council agreed to underwrite the projected £33 million cost of a Crossrail station, which was received very well by the residents of the borough. [5] Transport for London (TfL) is conducting a feasibility study on the station and the project is backed by National Grid, retailers Sainsbury's and Cath Kidston, and Jenny Jones (Green Party member of the London Assembly). [6]

The plans were resurrected by Boris Johnson in 2016. [7] [8]

In March 2017, it was announced that TfL was considering a Crossrail station in Kensal Green, on the site of a former gasworks, and it would be between Old Oak Common and Paddington. [9]

Services

Proposed services
Preceding station Elizabeth line roundel (no text).svg Elizabeth line Following station
Old Oak Common Elizabeth line Paddington
towards Abbey Wood or Shenfield

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References

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  2. 1 2 Bloomfield, Ruth (24 August 2010). "Study to explore adding Crossrail station at Kensal Rise". Building Design. London.
  3. 1 2 "Crossrail at Kensal Rise back on the cards?". London Reconnections (blog). 27 August 2010.
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  6. Kensal Crossrail station would 'transform' the area, says deputy mayor. Regeneration + Renewal. 16 May 2011.
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