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Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames in Nine Elms, Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) to the design of Leonard Pearce , Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers.
Battersea Power Station is featured on the cover of the Pink Floyd album Animals. A number of race courses in the Nintendo DS version of the 2009 racing video game Dirt 2 are set in the general area of Battersea. Its famous abandoned power station is also the site of a few race tracks in a few console and PC games from the Dirt series.
It lies on the River Thames, with Battersea to the west, South Lambeth to the south and Vauxhall to the east. Across the Thames is Pimlico. The area was formerly mainly industrial but has become more residential and commercial in character. It is dominated by New Covent Garden Market and Battersea Power Station.
The station, partially funded by the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, [6] serves the redevelopment site and Battersea itself. The station is located on Battersea Park Road, close to Battersea Park railway station and within walking distance from Queenstown Road railway station , forming an out-of-station interchange with both.
STORY: London's iconic Battersea Power Station marked the opening of an ice rink following its $10.2 billion redevelopment and grand re-openingThe ice rink named ‘Glide’ is composed of three ...
Battersea Power Station Pier is an Uber Boat by Thames Clippers commuter service pier, located on the River Thames at Battersea Power Station. The pier provides interchange with Battersea Power Station tube station .
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It opened on 20 September 2021 [6] as part of the Northern line extension to Battersea. The station serves the rapidly growing area, [7] New Covent Garden Market and the Embassy of the United States. Nine Elms station roundel. It is close to the site of the former Nine Elms railway station, once the terminus of the London and South Western Railway.