New Cross-London (Maltese Cross) Availability

[MikeWh]

I have it on very good authority that two new interchanges for cross-London travel will be added later in September.

Battersea Park - Battersea Power Station
Queenstown Road - Battersea Power Station

 

[Roast Veg]

Does that mean this will be a new OSI?

 

[MikeWh]

Does that mean this will be a new OSI?

Yes. Hoping to get confirmation of the times soon, but likely to be 20 minutes each way.

 

[Joe Paxton]

I have it on very good authority that two new interchanges for cross-London travel will be added later in September.

Battersea Park - Battersea Power Station
Queenstown Road - Battersea Power Station

Always good to have extra options, and they should always be provided where it's logical. I don't however foresee Battersea Power Station becoming a future hub for cross-London transfer passengers.

Does that mean this will be a new OSI?

Yes. Hoping to get confirmation of the times soon, but likely to be 20 minutes each way.

Re the OSI - I think this could be the first OSI that crosses a zonal boundary.

Battersea Power Station is to be in zone 1, so say both the developers and Wandsworth Council. Meanwhile both Battersea Park and Queenstown Road stations are in zone 2.

I'm wondering if an OSI that crosses the zones might cause any issues?

I guess it's possible Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms stations could actually be zone 1/2 stations (straddling both zones) - in May of this year, Kennington was moved to zone 1/2 in preparation for the opening of the Northern Line extension.

 

[MikeWh]

It'll be no more problematic than Bromley North (4) to Bromley South (5).

 

[Joe Paxton]

It'll be no more problematic than Bromley North (4) to Bromley South (5).

Fair point. I'd overlooked that OSI, despite having made use of it in the past!

 

[Cdd89]

Queenstown Road - Battersea Power Station

If true, then this has made my day!

I don't however foresee Battersea Power Station becoming a future hub for cross-London transfer passengers.

It’ll never be a hub, but very useful for those travelling to Kennington from rail services from the West.

 

[2192]

What's OSI?

 

[James H]

Out of station interchange.

The ability to transfer between two nearby stations without being charged for two separate journeys

 

[MikeWh]

If true, then this has made my day!

You'll still be charged the mixed mode premium unless the whole extension is zone 1/2.

 

[urbophile]

That's the wrong side of south London for New Cross. (then I read the posts and understood the thread title!)

 

[swt_passenger]

That's the wrong side of south London for New Cross. (then I read the posts and understood the thread title!)

I can see what you did there, definitely two meanings…