Imperial College London and 46 other prominent organisations have pledged their support to the Crossrail 2 proposed station on the King's road in Chelsea.

Together, the signatories represent close to 20,000 employees in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and attract in excess of 30 million visitors to the area each year.

The signatories believe that a local Crossrail 2 station of appropriate scale and design will boost business and employment in the area and ensure its long term success while enhancing its status and attractiveness.

Imperial College chief financial officer, Muir Sanderson, said: “Imperial College supports a Crossrail 2 station on the King's Road. The new station would provide direct access from King's Road to 50 rail and underground stations.

“This increased connectivity would benefit the college community and encourage investment in the local area.”

The support for the Chelsea station comes after Hammersmith and Fulham Council stepped up its campaign to have a station built at Imperial Wharf instead.

Imperial College is just one of many renowned institutions to offer its support to the proposed Crossrail 2.

Many of the signatories are based on King's Road, home of the proposed site, including the Saatchi Gallery, which alone attracts over one and half million visitors annually, and the King's Road Business Forum.

The Royal Albert Hall is among organisations backing the Chelsea Crossrail 2 station

The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, which is visited by a million patients a year, has publicly pledged their support, as well as Peabody, one of the capital's largest social housing providers.

Many of the world's leading cultural institutions have backed the decision including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum, the Royal Albert Hall and the Natural History Museum.

Ian Blatchford, a director at the Science Museum, said: “As the home of human ingenuity, the Science Museum's world-class collection form an enduring record of scientific, technological and medical achievements from across the globe.

“Our three million visitors need effective and accessible public transport. The proposed Crossrail 2 station at King's Road, within 15 minutes' walk of the museum, would provide much needed extra capacity and make it easier for visitors and staff to get to South Kensington.

“For this area to continue to thrive, we need infrastructure that will keep up with London's growth.”

Not everyone is welcoming the proposed move with open arms, however.

According to campaigners against the new plan, more than half of Londoners are against the proposal but the council believe that the benefits outweigh the concerns.