Battersea Power Station tube station
Northern line · Zone 1 · Wandsworth
About Battersea Power Station station
Opened on 20 September 2021 as the terminus of the Northern line branch from Kennington, this was part of the first major extension of the Underground since the Jubilee line’s in 1999. The redevelopment of the old power station helped to pay for it. Earlier plans called it simply Battersea, but in December 2015 TfL confirmed the name Battersea Power Station, which makes it the only Underground station with the word station in its official name. Tunnelling for the whole extension started here, when the boring machines Helen and Amy set off in March 2017. Opening had been due in 2020, but in December 2018 the project was put back to September 2021 at the earliest to give the station more capacity than first forecast.
A joint venture of Laing O’Rourke and Ferrovial Agroman designed and built the station, with an entrance canopy by Grimshaw that the judges singled out when it won the Architects’ Journal award for infrastructure and transport in November 2022. A crossover before the platforms lets trains terminate on either side, and the platforms are designed to take screen doors in future. In the ticket hall, Alexandre da Cunha’s 100 m kinetic sculpture Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset uses a rotating billboard, and Mark Wallinger added a Labyrinth in October 2023. A western entrance, beneath a new office building, opened in October 2025.
First and last trains from Battersea Power Station
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern towards High Barnet, Edgware or Mill Hill East | 05:25 to Kennington – 00:28 to Edgware | 05:25 to Kennington – 01:02 to Golders Green | 05:28 to Mill Hill East – 01:02 to Golders Green | 07:12 – 23:32 to Edgware |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 13 Northern trains an hour per direction from Battersea Power Station, counting both directions separately.
Connections
Battersea Power Station is served by the Northern line only; there is no interchange with other rail lines here.
Station facilities
What is near Battersea Power Station station
This stop on Battersea Park Road exists to serve the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, which reopened in October 2022 as an office and retail complex; the shopping centre inside is about 260 m from the station, and Central Gardens about 340 m. Trains run only via the Charing Cross branch, calling first at Nine Elms. Battersea Park railway station is close by and Queenstown Road station within walking distance, and both count as out-of-station interchanges.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Battersea Power Station | 260 m |
| Central Gardens | 340 m |
Frequently asked questions
Earlier publications called the planned terminus simply Battersea. In December 2015 TfL confirmed the name Battersea Power Station, after the redevelopment it serves, making it the only Underground station with the word station in its official name. Whether to write it as “Battersea Power Station station” has caused some confusion.
Art on the Underground commissioned Alexandre da Cunha to make a permanent piece for the ticket hall: Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset, a 100 m kinetic sculpture using a rotating billboard. In October 2023 a Labyrinth by Mark Wallinger was installed, marking ten years of those artworks and 160 years of the Underground.