Imperial Wharf railway station
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| Imperial Wharf | |
| Location | |
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| Place | Sands End |
| Local authority | Hammersmith and Fulham |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ? |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Transport for London | |
| Zone | 2 |
| History | |
| 2008 | Due to open |
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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Imperial Wharf is a proposed railway station on the border of Chelsea and Fulham in west London on the West London Line. The station will be between West Brompton and Clapham Junction stations and services will be provided by London Overground.
The station will be in Sands End where the line crosses Townmead Road. It takes its name from the adjacent redevelopment of a brown field, former industrial site, which has been developed into a luxury 1200 apartment river-side complex by property developers St George over the last 5 years. The Imperial Wharf development is continuing to grow and as it does, the case for the Imperial Wharf Overground station grows.
[edit] Current Status
In 2005, the estimated cost was £3 million, of which £1.7 million has already been provided by St. George[1], the developer of the Imperial Wharf site, leaving a funding shortfall of £1.3 million.[2] The remaining sum will only be paid by the house-builder Circadian if an 800-apartment project gets the go-ahead following the recent Public Inquiry[citation needed].
In October 2007, Hammersmith and Fulham Council announced they had extracted another £1.2 million from St George, roughly enough to complete the project. However, they did not confirm whether this meant that the station is going to be built. There have been recent calls by residents for a station to be opened at the site called Chelsea Harbour, and funded by Transport for London and the local council, if no further progress is made with the developers.
The stations appears on some maps of the rail network and on the latest Geographer's A-Z maps. However, the Transport for London maps issued in November 2007 to mark the inclusion of the 'London Overground' in their network do not include any mention of the station.
The station secured full funding on 28 April 2008[3][4] and will open in 2010.
[edit] References
- ^ Imperial Wharf planning report, paragraph 35
- ^ Westlondonlinegroup.org.uk - funding shortfall, 13 April 2005
- ^ 24dash.com (2008-04-21). "Hammersmith & Fulham to give green light to new Imperial Wharf railway station". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
- ^ "Imperial Wharf station saved", London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, 2008-04-21. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
[edit] External links
- Developer's map (PDF)
- Alwaystouchout.com - Imperial Wharf station
- Developer's website with image of the station
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