Stars face years of drilling noise and traffic as Crossrail plans for station in Chelsea are revealed

 
Rock star resident: Sir Mick Jagger, inset, owns a home on Cheyne Walk near the proposed station site

Chelsea homeowners including Sir Mick Jagger and Bryan Adams face having to endure years of drilling noise and traffic chaos after transport chiefs unveiled plans for a train station close to their riverside properties.

Transport for London had been eyeing up a King’s Road site for a Chelsea station for Crossrail 2, the planned North-South link from Wimbledon to Epping via central London.

But now planners are also considering a slice of land off Cheyne Walk — a row of 18th and 19th-century houses whose residents include the rock stars — as a possible stop.

If TfL pursues the Chelsea West option, it could mean years of works.

One resident said: “I obviously don’t want it coming under my house — no one does. But if they decide on this site what can we do?

“It’s a double-edged sword. Obviously the advantage is having a station but... it would be chaotic to have an exit for the station on Cheyne Walk — it’s already like a motorway down here with the busy road.”

A 78-year-old cardiologist, who did not want to be named, said: “It has to be built somewhere so someone is always going to object.

“If one is being thoroughly mercenary about things then the value of property will go up.” Another local, who grew up in the area, added: “The thing about this area is that it is really quite far from a Tube station.”

But neighbours on the nearby Cremorne estate, home to many elderly people, are fighting the plans, claiming 400 homes would be demolished.

An online petition has already been signed by more than 200 people.

Amalia Cebreiro, chairwoman of the estate’s residents’ association, said: “We have people here whose great-grandparents were born on this site, worked and brought up their children here and they could now be ousted.

“People in their eighties and seventies and families are going to be displaced.”

A spokesman for TfL said: “The precise location of a Crossrail 2 station in the Chelsea West area has not yet been defined. An option of a station in this area would only be taken forward to more detailed design if there is demonstrable public and stakeholder support and further consultation.”

A third option being considered is that no station will be built in Chelsea, with the line running directly from Clapham Junction to Victoria.

Tim Coleridge, of Kensington and Chelsea council, said: “We understand people don’t want a station built right next to them, but it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Chelsea.”

TfL is consulting on the plans until July 25.

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