Ladbroke Grove (Crossrail) railway station

Ladbroke Grove is a proposed Crossrail station between Old Oak Common and Paddington. This is not part of the internal route and would be added at a later stage. Locals want the station to be called Portobello Central to serve the nearby Portobello Market.[1][2][3] It was originally called Kensal.

2016 Revival

Entrance to Ladbroke Grove Underground station.[4]

At a site just to the east of the Old Oak Common site, Kensington and Chelsea Council has been pushing for a station at North Kensington / Kensal[5] off Ladbroke Grove and Canal Way, as a turn-back facility will have to be built in the area anyway. Siting it at Kensal Rise, rather than next to Paddington itself, would provide a new station to regenerate the area.[6][7][8] Amongst the general public there is a huge amount of support for the project and Mayor Boris Johnson stated that a station would be added if it did not increase Crossrail's overall cost; in response, Kensington and Chelsea Council agreed to underwrite the projected £33 million cost of a Crossrail station, which was received very well by the residents of the Borough.[9] TfL is conducting a feasibility study on the station and the project is backed by National Grid, retailers Sainsbury's and Cath Kidston, and Jenny Jones (Green Party member of the London Assembly).[10]

The plans were resurrected by Boris Johnson in 2016.[11][12]

Services

  Possible services  
Preceding station   Crossrail   Following station
Crossrail
Line 1
towards Abbey Wood or Shenfield
Crossrail
Line 1
towards Abbey Wood or Shenfield

References

  1. ↑ "Case for a Crossrail station gains momentum" (Press release). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. 1 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Bloomfield, Ruth (24 August 2010). "Study to explore adding Crossrail station at Kensal Rise". Building Design (London).
  3. ↑ "Crossrail at Kensal Rise back on the cards?". London Reconnections (blog). 27 August 2010.
  4. ↑ http://goo.gl/maps/7KN7T
  5. ↑ "The case for Kensal crossrail". Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. n.d. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Case for a Crossrail station gains momentum" (Press release). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. 1 July 2010.
  7. ↑ Bloomfield, Ruth (24 August 2010). "Study to explore adding Crossrail station at Kensal Rise". Building Design (London).
  8. ↑ "Crossrail at Kensal Rise back on the cards?". London Reconnections (blog). 27 August 2010.
  9. ↑ "Council to pay for Crossrail station". London Evening Standard. 25 March 2011.
  10. ↑ Kensal Crossrail station would 'transform' the area, says deputy mayor. Regeneration + Renewal. 16 May 2011.
  11. ↑ http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/plans-ladbroke-grove-crossrail-station-11025948
  12. ↑ http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/plan-for-crossrail-station-at-ladbroke-grove-resurrected-a3202516.html
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