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• Northern Line News From Battersea

  Today has seen the publishing of a new Planning Framework for Battersea and Nine Elms , and revised Crossrail planning guidelines for the area. The Quickest of Summaries - The Planning Framework effectively stipulates that any major development at the... Posted Oct 27 2009, 12:45 PM by London Reconnections Filed under: northern line, battersea extension

• US Embassy Gets Outline Planning Permission

  Wandsworth council have granted outline planning permission for the new US Embassy at Nine Elms, Battersea. The permission carries a couple of interesting stipulations - the final design is still to be decided (as is the height), but it mustn't block... Posted Sep 17 2009, 10:37 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: northern line, battersea extension

• Battersea - A hole in the Balance Sheet May Mean No Hole in the Ground

  The future of the extension of the Northern line from Kennington to Nine Elms, Battersea and then possibly beyond, has been thrown back into the melting pot as the credit crunch in the property market has left the developers of Battersea Power facing... Posted Sep 01 2009, 09:57 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: northern line, battersea extension

• Wandsworth Council Query Vauxhall Tower Transport Funding Priorities

  Wandsworth Borough Council have issued a press release questioning the current transport funding allocations for Developer Makes' Vauxhall Tower. Wandsworth claim that the developers have reached an agreement with the Mayor's Office that will... Posted Aug 24 2009, 04:33 PM by London Reconnections Filed under: crossrail, northern line, battersea extension

• New Battersea Plans Informally Submitted

  Property Week is reporting that, in line with previously suggestions that a full application might be near , a planning application has been informally submitted for the Battersea Power Station site: The planning application for the £4bn redevelopment... Posted Aug 03 2009, 11:54 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: construction projects, crossrail, northern line, battersea extension

• Northern Line Battersea Extension Nearer than Expected?

  London may be nearer to seeing a Northern Line extension to Battersea than expected. Sources are suggesting that feasibility studies are complete and that TfL, LU, the boroughs, et al. are happy with the planned route to Battersea via a station at Nine... Posted Jul 15 2009, 03:43 PM by London Reconnections Filed under: construction projects, northern line, battersea extension

• Kings Cross Update

  The latest six-monthly update on the work at Kings Cross has been released , which gives an idea of how things currently stand at the station. For those not wishing to read the full thing, the key points (and some images) are included below. A station... Posted Jul 07 2009, 11:40 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: construction projects, thameslink, kings cross, northern line, piccadilly line, victoria line

• Minding the Gap: Tube Lines Talks Cost Cutting

  Yesterday marked the deadline for the Tube Lines to respond to London Underground's Restated Terms relating to the next 7.5 year phase of the PPP contract the company holds. The "funding gap" that currently exists between the two parties'... Posted Jun 30 2009, 02:00 PM by London Reconnections Filed under: tfl, northern line, tube lines, london underground, piccadilly line

• Funding the Battersea Extension

  As previously reported, Battersea developers REO renewed their commitment to taking the Northern Line to Battersea at their exhibition on the site earlier this month. As Mark Lee pointed out in the comments at the time, however, the exhibition was not... Posted Jun 22 2009, 09:37 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: tfl, northern line, croxley rail link, battersea extension, mayor's office

• Taking the Northern Line to Battersea

  REO, the developers currently in possession of the Battersea Power Station site, have begun to ramp up their rhetoric once again about developments at the site. REO (and both TfL and the Mayor's office) have long trumpeted the possibility of a privately... Posted Jun 08 2009, 10:36 PM by London Reconnections Filed under: tfl, construction projects, northern line, battersea extension, london underground

• Mayor's Question Time - 05/09: On The Underground and DLR

  Recycling the Freesheets. Tooting Broadway. Bakerloo upgrades (or lack of). Signalling on the sub-surface lines. Extending the Northern Line to Battersea. Running later trains. Dodging questions on Stanmore Station. Giving kudos to North Harrow staff... Posted Jun 03 2009, 03:57 PM by London Reconnections Filed under: tfl, northern line, bakerloo line, baker street

• No Ordinary Nine to Five

  This article is a guest piece contributed by Gavin Silvey, currently Project Manager Capex (Capital Projects) at Tube Lines. Many thanks to Gavin for agreeing to write it, and Tube Lines for the photos. Deep down underneath London are some of the most... Posted May 29 2009, 10:37 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: northern line, tube lines