| Ladbroke Grove | |
| Owner: | Network Rail Transport for London |
| Manager: | Crossrail |
| Locale: | Kensal Green |
| Symbol: | Crossrail |
| Borough: | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
| Platforms: | 2 |
Ladbroke Grove is a proposed railway station in London, England on the Crossrail Route between Old Oak Common and Paddington. This is not part of the internal route and would be added at a later stage. Locals want the station to be called Portobello Central to serve the nearby Portobello Market.[1] [2] [3] It was originally called Kensal.
Kensington and Chelsea Council has been pushing for a station at North Kensington / Kensal,[4] just to the east of the Old Oak Common railway station site, off Ladbroke Grove and Canal Way, as a turn-back facility will have to be built in the area anyway. Siting it at Kensal Rise, rather than next to Paddington itself, would provide a new station to regenerate the area.[1] [2] [3] Amongst the general public there is a huge amount of support for the project and then-mayor of London Boris Johnson stated that a station would be added if it did not increase Crossrail's overall cost; in response, Kensington and Chelsea Council agreed to underwrite the projected £33 million cost of a Crossrail station, which was received very well by the residents of the borough.[5] Transport for London (TfL) is conducting a feasibility study on the station and the project is backed by National Grid, retailers Sainsbury's and Cath Kidston, and Jenny Jones (Green Party member of the London Assembly).[6]
The plans were resurrected by Boris Johnson in 2016.[7] [8]
In March 2017, it was announced that TfL was considering a Crossrail station in Kensal Green, on the site of a former gasworks, and it would be between Old Oak Common and Paddington.[9]