Northern line Extension: A first look at the stations | Hidden London Hangouts (S04E06) 

This lot should win an award of some sort for the most use of the word amazing in a single film segment. Really, it's amazing.

I won't be around when this premiere unfortunately, but I'm looking forward to it

There'll be lots of news coverage of this today but I think this beats anything else you'll see hands down. Great access. Loved it.

Can’t wait to see the new Northern Line to Battersea Power Station to open.

I can't wait! I'll be there myself on Wednesday to have a look around in person.

What a great insight into these new stations. I love the architecture, and how it harkens back to the past but is utterly modern. Fascinating to see how the construction of tunnels and stations has evolved.

Loved it! The use of colours is simply amazing. The tunnels remind me of the square cut & cover spaces. I would love to see all the head scratching when people are trying to figure out which trains to use on Northern Line. Please don’t forget my request to explore Old Street . It was the stop for my hotel Central City Hotel during my trip from Toronto in 1974!!! Thanks bunches! Love you, Team!! ❤️❤️

It's ABBA of the transport world. It would be great to watch the two hot fitties and two fellows sing a parody song of Waterloo, using Waterloo underground station in the lyrics. The architect of the Battersea Power Station, underground station, I feel, may have been influenced by the pc game, Minecraft. Both of the stations look very contemporary and chic. Who knew, there is so much history and metamorphosing to the London Underground. Good tele guys.

Great video. I produced all of the signage artwork for the Northern line extension. I've been working on it for over two years and it's great seeing it all installed. I just wanted to comment on your observation about the font at 21.42. The font is not Johnston 100. It is actually NJFont Signing Medium, which is an updated version of the NewJohnstonSigning font. TFL updated the NewJohnstonSigning font about 12 years ago. They made subtle changes to the kerning and various characters. The most notable change was the removal of the notch at the top of the number 1. We did trial Johnston 100 for TFL years ago but as far as i'm aware it has not been put into official use on the network. It maybe in use for other purposes. Hope this was of interest :)

I already been down there after my training in Acton, for depot open weekend. Sorry I missed the video guys, hope you're well Chris Nix, Siddy Holloway, Alex Grundon and Laura Hilton

love the videos you do, keep up the good work, my partners sister is a constructional engineer, who worked on the elizabeth line, she gave me a coaster, which was given to her for her work, as one of the construction team

Nice video you done today with loads of detail. Hope there more to come.

The crossover and boxey station section reminds me of the DLR tunnels at Woolwich Arsenal (with respect to nine elms)

It’s always very well presented you have most definitely kept me smiling since my stroke in 2020 and Alex you being your camp self is great Keep up the good work guys thank you

I delivered all the equipment to nine elms station and battersea power station glad to be part of it 😎

Another cracking episode and something of an exclusive! Can't wait to travel on this hopefully later this week. A fascinating look at this new section, thanks to you all.

Guys you have excelled yourselves! This is on another level! Thanks so much! Been watching Nine Elms grow from the ground up driving my train in/out of Waterloo. Can’t wait to get out there and see it first hand.

I recently visited Battersea power station and it reminded me strongly of the Copenhagen metro, particularly Kongens Nytorv station

Brilliant episode. Thanks for transmitting it to the world. Can’t wait to test the line out next week when I’m in town. Last week, I had my first ride on TfL rail from Paddington to LHR and now this. What a year of cool new infrastructure joyrides.

Being an engineer in the lighting industry, It is good to hear you speaking about the lighting of the stations. I think you will find the poster holders will be using edgelit panels to bacl light the posters

Great episode. But - it's not the first extension to the London Underground of the 21st Century. Heathrow Terminal 5 on the Piccadilly line was.

The NYC Subway feel at Nine Elms may have been deliberate, as the USA paid towards that station outside of their embassy.

Awesome episode, thanks for taking us with you!

What a great start to Monday morning Thanks all for a brilliant sneak peak at this amazing epic piece of engineering artwork.

Definitely agree with the Stockholm metro comparison; was there a couple of years ago and each station was like a utilitarian work of art

The tunnels don’t look scary like the original dark tunnels, I’m going there today to sit on the new branch, i’m from east london, custom house, but live opposite the excel, d.r.l and the Elizabeth line.

What a departure from hidden London hangouts … never thought I’d see the Northern line extension like this this - track walk was awesome! Thanks team!

Seriously impressive new infrastructure and beautifully spacious architecture! Great video guys and girls - highly informative - well done London Underground and LT Museum Team!!! 👍👍👍

Battersea power station station looks great- can’t wait to get a pocket map with 271&272

Too bad I won’t have the time to ride the extension, as now too far south due to working 7 days, only tube I use was between Oakwood and Cockfosters, sometimes have no time to ride the Piccadilly line, bit if an odd name was BATTERSEA POWER STATION, as it’s no longer in operation, another name could have been chosen, such brilliant engineering with those Step Plate junctions to/from the loop, without a doubt, was amazed to have watched this video, and worth the wait. At least it will be free for myself to ride with my 60+ Oyster Card, next February will be a pensioner aged 66 with a Freedom Pass.

Had to wait until lunchtime to watch the video, and what a video it was, loved it ! Looking forward to coming back to London over the winter just to ride and see this for myself. Thanks for yet another amazing episode guy's

Looking forward to the next episode and guessing what it might be is part of the fun for me. Great ep as per BTW !!!

What a superb episode!! Thank you for doing this and for showing a lot more than just the platforms!!!

Absolutely excellent episode.

I’ve worked at both stations for past two years we done all the speakers and cctv also the help points and communications systems,

So cool! Finally got to watch this!

Great episode of the new extension, I am looking forward to seeing them for myself when able to do so. mind you I will have an extended stay in London because I will need the time to do some exploring in the tube stations.it is a privilege to watch you, four wonderful people present fantastic episodes, thank you.

Really enjoyed that and can’t wait to ride the rails in October.

An absolutely mind blowing brilliant episode it was worth the wait from Saturday thanks again for all you do for us can't wait to visit London again im going to need a week up there so much to see and even more to do now, Covid messed the last two times i planned to visit our fine capital hopefully third time lucky as i got a week off soon 😵.

I’m gonna scream my head off and of course I’ll be live streaming it

Reminds me so much of budapest metro line 4, on the U5 extension in berlin.

Oh I can't wait!

Hello there, the Pacific steam locomotives (No. 1 - No. 3 and No. 6 + No. 7) of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway were designed by Henry Greenly and built by Davey Paxman. Both the American outline steam locomotives No. 9 'Winston Churchill' and No. 10 'Doctor Syn' were designed by Henry Greenly & ALS Richardson and were built by Yorkshire Engine Company. Finally the German steam locomotive No. 11 'Black Prince' was designed by Roland Marcens and built by Krupps. Most of the steam locomotives on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway were built by Bassett Lowke. It will be interesting to see what happens to the passenger numbers on the Central line once the Elizabeth line opens. I think that many people would prefer to ride the Elizabeth line rather than the Central line. It will be fascinating to see the passenger ridership statistics for both the Central line and the Elizabeth line, as they parallel each other in central London. Are you guys just a little bit curious and interested to see what is going to happen once the Elizabeth line opens? Best wishes and take care. Kind regards, Peter Skuce. St Albans. Hertfordshire.

Imagine if the Northern Heights Program had have happened I've counted the Northern Line would have had 9 different terminus points! Mind you they might have split the Northern Line in half if that had have happened! Anyway yet another informative episode thank you all

Julian Clary DID work at Parsons Green As a Guard.I was traing as a Driver at the time an d can cofirm it was him.

Very impressive. Spacious stations.

Yet another superb episode you lovely Ladies and Gents. I was gutted to have missed seeing this live as I was stuck on a Teams meeting. Your enthusiasm and enjoyment were visibly clear which made watching equally enjoyable for me as I sat sipping coffee from my Johnston typeface mug. I was also wondering if there is much in the way of disused tunnels at Marble Arch station and if this could be a possible future episode? Thanks once again for all of the series so far and please keep up the superb work.

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I would prefer if the maps maintained the traditional convention of displaying north at the top. The Northern Line map shown on the platform appears upside-down to me. Here in the US, we go "up north" and "down south."

Travelling out of Kennington on Probably the Second train of the day, it appeared confused as the PIS on the platform said 'Check Front of Train' which is interesting as front of train was in the tunnel end !, the PIS on the train was blank - but woke up on the approach to Nine Elms and auto announced Battersea Power Station as the next station - the announcement at Kennington was a manual one from the Driver. Coming up from Morden the N/B was held at a (virtual) red signal before entering Kennington so it looked like the new timetable had not quite bedded in.

Great video. ☺

Superb really love the underground is progressing and showing our city at its best ,will there be extra trains needed or is there enough to cover the roster ,also I would love to work at the museum with my knowledge imagine vacancies are rare ,I’ve subscribed ,all the best team ,Mark

Top Job Guys 👍👍👍

I love this update - just surprised that there are no platform edge doors as on the JLE?

Hi guys. Another excellent episode. Very well put together and very informative. Just wondered during construction of the new NL extension, or indeed any underground construction, have any articles of historical importance ever been unearthed or been found 'hidden' !!!

Grate video

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I use to work at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station

Beautiful London City.

That was great, thank you very much for giving us a look! The new stations look beautiful, and it was amazing seeing it from angles we'd never get to see as a passenger. You've shown us how the LT Museum archives have kept artifacts from older stations, but would it be possible to mention how they handle new stations in a future ep, please? For example, do they get extra copies of all the posters, signs, or maps automatically, or do they only get to grab things when they get replaced? Similarly, did Chris take lots of extra photos of the building just for the archive, or is someone raiding his Insta page to store on a USB stick for the future? :)

You've outdone yourselves! I could have easily watched another hour. I think BPS was more stylish than 9E which does rather have the look of some of NYCity stations, though with much more space. Wonderful views up and down those long escalators, and the integral lighting really looked good. The tunnel walk was quite something. Such a shame you couldn't all be there for that. Would love to have seen a bit of tiling somewhere, as a nod to the origins.

I'm dying to this

My usual trivia. It's actually Battersea Power Stations Station.

Reminds me a bit of canary wharf

An exciting report! Now I must visit it! One point: it's "Battersea" not "Battersear", as in your introduction.

I first started Interest on underground by traveling on the mall train.

Hi everyone, just subscribed from Adelaide Australia , my wife and I enjoyed this episode, and have a question, when the tube was constructed past and present eg new extensions, what happened to the spoils from all those diggings, Sorry if this question was asked before. Keep up the good work love your hangouts series just started Binge watching. Mike and Di

40:27 Tubemapper is going to be sad, when he sees that the roundell on the far wall does not line up with the centreline of that cross-passage.

Now they need a hoover train to keep the new trackbed clean.

The quicker (?) win for rail in south london has to be finding route space from Clapham High Street back into Victoria on a better basis, lift access at Battersea Park , Wandsworth Road and Clapham High Street, and wider, safer platforms at Clapham North as this is becoming a very busy interchange with Clapham High Street.

A Few notes on the line extension. The external name of Nine Elms Station seems rather faded - as if it is an old station. The Width (height) of lettering seems greater than say Southward or Bermondsey, very different architecture. The tunnels at Battersea Power Station (note on journey planner all tube stations can be specified as Underground Station, so for internet terms its Battersea Power Station Underground Station, seem deeper than nine elms - though I didnt use the escalators at Nine Elms to check, this would indicate that the onward extension west has taken into account the onward routing. The treatment of the two stations on the maps (Tube and London Connections/London Railways map are different), appears geographical different with Battersea Power Station South of Nine Elms (its not, as such). The station names almost need bracket identifiers , Battersea Power Station is located on Battersea Park Road and is not too far south of the former CEGB Power Station Building and obviously the developing housing and commercial sites. Nine Elms is effectively south of BPS and is located on Wandsworth Road on the north side thereof adjacent to the large Sainsburys superstore. It is possible to walk from Battersea Park Road to Wandsworth Road, via at least one footway through one of the railway arches under the LSWR tracks out of Vauxhall. It is also walkable from Nine Elms Station to Stockwell Station. ( a good for the runners race the train from Stockwell to Nine Elms ! ) Nine Elms reminds me of Morden, with the station concourse very much open to the street frontage, but it could benefit from a couple of shops at street level - though there are good cafes etc south of the station.

So is the station at Battersea Power Station called Battersea Power Station station? !

It looks really odd to me to have a tube station that has a box-shaped excavity - I think that might have been started with the JLE but that isn't a line that I've used - to me, tube stations should be tubular! Presumably the extension to Battersea Power Station Station will require more trains in use - was there sufficient spare stock already to accommodate this increased demand without any trouble?

At the risk of being pedantic, shouldn't it be Battersea Power Station Station, as it is sited at Battersea Power Station, not Battersea Power

Question i have regarding this "First 21st century extension to the tube" narrative im seeing everywhere. Heathrow Terminal 5?

Does Nine Elms station make reference to the areas former significance as a part of the LSWR/Southern Rail ?

Nice video.from Japan.

DORSETGUY1) Hi team what a fantastic episode, these too stations are amazing, i can not wait to visit them my camera will be very busy. love you team 💖

Hey Guys, amazing episode (again). But is the new Station officially called "Battersea Power Station" or is it "Battersea Power Station Station"? I can't wait to visit the stations myself :)

It looked a bit like entering the ghost train at Kennington loop

I noticed that Mordan was at the top of the northern line map? Should it not be at the bottom working up the line and not down it. I seem to remember the map being this way around!

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Looking at the diagrammatic maps, they appear to be upside down. Station you're at is at the top, and Northbound stations run down the "page". Is there a clever reason for this, or has Australia been placed at the top of the World?

Are tunnel boring machines left in the ground after use and if so can we see one?

What are lifts like on these new stations facilities Like please show us in future hangouts thank you Paul

Is there a reason why this new station does not have the glass screens and sliding doors at the platform edges ?

"The first London Underground extension of the 21st Century" - fed to all media outlets in the UK and swallowed as fact. March 2008: Piccadilly Line extension to Terminal 5. The research that went into finding this out was exhausting...🙄

This would be in the style of the Piccadilly Line extension platforms and not like the Jubilee Line extension platforms.

Why is the map of the Northern Line at the stations upside down? Having North at the bottom is not what people will expect. People will be confused until they realise that the map orientation convention has been turned on its head.

Geoff Marshall managed to get there as well.

What the public /really/ love is being told is "we're allowed to be here, but the public are not. Aren't we so special". Repeatedly.

Ta, v interestin

So who was the architect behind these two new stations .. you often refer to past architects so can you enlighten us about these new designs? Thanks

Something that has 5 ends is not a line, it is a network

what's the reason Nine Elms and Battersear do not have platform doors?

Final comment is that it seems a little unfair that Battersea Park Road and Nine Elms are not joint zone 1/2 stations as the amount of 'social' housing south of Wandsworth Road is quite large and a cheaper fare to Elephant and Castle would take some stress off the Bus Route running along Wandsworth Road. - Note its also not too far for the active to walk from Wandsworth Road Overground to Nine Elms Underground Station.

I'm surprised that the two new stations don't have platform edge doors.

OK. Trains that terminate at Battersea, where do they terminate at the other end of the line? That is, a direct line with no changes.

Or, should that be Battersea Power Station Station...?

Why no platform edge safety barriers at the new stations? 😞