London Underground Northern Line Extends From Kennington To Battersea Power Station! (With Video)

For the first time since 27^th March 2008, the Piccadilly Line has been extended from Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 to Heathrow Terminal 5. The new Northern Line extension from Kennington to Battersea Power Station finally opens to passengers on 20th September 2021.

From TfL Press Release

Transport for London (TfL) today (Monday 20 September) opened the doors to its two new Tube stations making up the Northern Line Extension, at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station. The two step-free Zone 1 stations are set to dramatically improve the connectivity of these vibrant south London neighbourhoods and support the capital's recovery from the pandemic at a vital time.

Major construction on the 3km twin-tunnel railway between Kennington and Battersea Power Station, via Nine Elms, began in 2015. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the construction project stayed on track for an autumn opening.

Bank branch Northern Line trains will not stop at Kennington between May and September

Due to the Northern Line extension works, the Bank branch trains will not serve Kennington station from May to September.

From TfL press release

Bank branch trains will not stop at Kennington station from Saturday 26 May until mid-September 2018

Northern line customers are advised that from Saturday 26 May until mid-September Bank branch trains will not stop at Kennington to allow four new customer passageways to be built as part of work on the Northern Line Extension.

Once complete, the passageways will make it quicker and easier for customers to change between different branches of the Northern line at Kennington, and will be essential for those using the new Northern Line Extension from Kennington to Battersea Power Station, which is due for completion in 2020.

New frequent services for the London Underground Northern Line

TfL has announced a new higher-frequency evening peak period for the London Underground Northern Line.

From TfL Press release

Length of higher-frequency 'evening peak' period doubled to enable quicker and easier journeys home on London's busiest Tube line.

Northern Line for OpenBVE: Kennington to High Barnet via Charing Cross

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Northern Line for OpenBVE Edgware to Kennington via Charing Cross

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Here is another video of the Northern Line for OpenBVE but this time it goes from Edgware to Kennington via Charing Cross.

Northern Line for OpenBVE Edgware to Morden via Bank

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Northern Line for OpenBVE is one of the longest London Underground routes for the OpenBVE software. The Northern Line for OpenBVE which have three routes.

One is Edgware to Morden via Bank, Edgware to Kennington via Charing Cross and Kennington to High Barnet via Charing Cross.