On 05/01/2021 10:07, Recliner wrote:

Yes, I believe it's still due to open this year and, as you say, test
trains started running last month. The stations appear near-complete at
platform level. TfL just says, "The extension is scheduled to be completed
in autumn 2021". Note the careful use of the word 'completed' as opposed to
'open'.

I don't know if there's any dependency on the surface development projects
for the stations to open? For example, the Battersea Power Station Station
is incorporated in one of the new surface blocks, which may need to be
finished before the LU station can open. So, even if the LU work is all
complete, there could still be a delay before the public opening.

Presumably there will be another edition of the map by then? In any case,
it would perhaps mislead people to show it on maps many months before it
opens.

Extensions under construction have been shown on tube maps much more
recently than the Northern Heights and Denham debacles. You want people
to move to the area and be waiting to commute on your opening day. That
might not be so relevant for Crossrail but it is relevant for Battersea.

I presume the "test trains" are extensions of passenger services? Are
they making a real effort to throw people off at Kennington? Do all the
trains go there or do some still go around the Kennington loop? Are
there still Morden via Charing Cross trains?

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