This £1.1 billion ($1.5bn) Transport for London project has added about 3.2 kilometres of tunnel, as well as the two stations, and the extension is the first on the underground network since the Jubilee Line stretched eastwards in 1999.
The Battersea Power Station was one of two new London Underground stations to open on Monday. All photos: Getty Images
Public transport enthusiasts flock to Battersea Power Station as the new London Underground stop opens.
Peter Torre enjoys the moment after becoming the first person to travel the full length of the Northern Line to the end of its latest extension, with the opening of Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station.
Passengers wait for the first train to leave Battersea Power Station.
A transport enthusiast wears a London Underground map facemask as he travels on the first train leaving Battersea Power Station.
Nine Elms underground station after it opens for business.
Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station are areas of London that have undergone extensive redevelopment in recent years. Getty Images
The historic power station at Battersea, south-west London, which closed in 1983, will reopen next summer as a home to shops, restaurants and the main UK office of Apple. Getty Images
This £1.1 billion ($1.5bn) Transport for London project has added about 3.2 kilometres of tunnel, as well as the two stations, and the extension is the first on the underground network since the Jubilee Line stretched eastwards in 1999.
The Battersea Power Station was one of two new London Underground stations to open on Monday. All photos: Getty Images
Public transport enthusiasts flock to Battersea Power Station as the new London Underground stop opens.
Peter Torre enjoys the moment after becoming the first person to travel the full length of the Northern Line to the end of its latest extension, with the opening of Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station.
Passengers wait for the first train to leave Battersea Power Station.
A transport enthusiast wears a London Underground map facemask as he travels on the first train leaving Battersea Power Station.
Nine Elms underground station after it opens for business.
Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station are areas of London that have undergone extensive redevelopment in recent years. Getty Images
The historic power station at Battersea, south-west London, which closed in 1983, will reopen next summer as a home to shops, restaurants and the main UK office of Apple. Getty Images
This £1.1 billion ($1.5bn) Transport for London project has added about 3.2 kilometres of tunnel, as well as the two stations, and the extension is the first on the underground network since the Jubilee Line stretched eastwards in 1999.