The secret London Underground line that won’t be used as much when two new Tube stations open later this year - MyLondon

The secret London Underground line that won’t be used as much when two new Tube stations open later this year - MyLondon

... A whole new stretch of track will continue on from an existing part of the Northern Line at Kennington – and this will impact a strange quirk of the Tube network.

At the moment, when southbound services terminate at Kennington the train does a huge underground circle beneath the Oval cricket ground and loops back in a northbound direction at Kennington again. ...

... One described the Kennington Loop phenomenon as a “wild journey”. ...

... Fewer trains will be terminating at Kennington once the extension opens in the autumn because trains will continue to the two new stations. ...

... However, it is thought that when the new stations open, 16 trains per hour will carry on to Nine Elms and Battersea, leaving just eight trains per hour terminating at Kennington and travelling around the loop. ...