Northern Line passengers warned of bank holiday disruption as extension works get underway | City A.M.

Northern Line passengers warned of bank holiday disruption as extension works get underway | City A.M.
... From 26 May work is scheduled for the Northern line's extension to Battersea, which will mean Bank branch trains will not be stopping at Kennington from then until mid-September 2018. ... Kennington station will still be open during the months of disruption, with customers able to board trains northbound via Charing Cross and southbound to Morden. ... Stuart Harvey, TfL's director of major projects, had said the Bank branch platforms at Kennington "are simply too narrow to allow us to safely carry out this vital work behind hoardings while keeping the platforms open".

He said: "Running Bank branch trains through Kennington without stopping will allow us to build the additional passageways we need in the quickest and least disruptive way possible, and are essential to enable customers to access the new Northern Line extension when it opens."

The extension from Battersea to Kennington via Nine Elms is due to be completed in 2020, and will be the first major extension to a Tube line since the Jubilee Line in the late 1990s. ...