It's Infrastructure Week in Blighty.....

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Battersea Power Station Tube opens

Battersea Power Station comprised two coal-fired power stations in one building. The first was decommissioned on 1975, and the second in 1983.

Since the building was an iconic part of the London landscape, it was given “listed” status, which means that the overall appearance of the building had to be preserved and protected as part of any redevelopment.

Various redevelopment plans came and went over the years, before agreement was finally reached for a combination of apartments, office spaces, and retail stores.

Part of the challenge for the development was the lack of transport connections. London is a densely populated city, and the London Underground railway system – colloquially known as the Tube – plays a vital role in transporting commuters. Extending the Tube to Battersea Power Station was a hugely expensive undertaking – at a cost of one-and-a-half billion dollars for a stretch of just two miles – so an agreement was made for the cost to be split between the developers and Transport for London, with the latter contribution clawed back from business taxes once the development opened.

https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/20/apples-london-campus-tube-station/