- Clapham Common tube station
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Clapham Common
The station entrance
Location of Clapham Common in Greater LondonLocation Clapham Local authority London Borough of Lambeth Managed by London Underground Owner London Underground Number of platforms 2 Fare zone 2 London Underground annual entry and exit 2008 9.050 million[1] 2009 8.974 million[1] 2010 8.970 million[1] 1900 Opened as terminus (C&SLR) 1926 Became through station List of stations Underground · National Rail Coordinates: 51°27′42″N 0°08′17″W / 51.461667°N 0.138°W
Clapham Common tube station is a station on London Underground's Northern Line. It lies between Clapham North and Clapham South stations. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.
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History
The station is at the eastern tip of Clapham Common and was opened in June 1900 as the new southern terminus of the City & South London Railway, which was extended from Stockwell. It remained the terminus until the Morden extension was opened in 1926. Apart from a small domed entrance building on the tip of the narrow triangular island formed by The Pavement and Clapham Common South Side, the station is entirely underground.
A curved steel and glass pavilion was built on the south-east end of Clapham Common South Side was built by architects firm Aukett Fitzroy Robinson.[2] This links to the below-ground ticket hall via a pedestrian tunnel under the road.
Clapham Common is one of two remaining deep-level stations on the underground that has an island platform in tunnel, serving both the northbound and southbound lines; the other is Clapham North. Due to safety worries there are plans to replace them in the future. It is one of eight London Underground stations which has a deep-level air-raid shelter underneath it. Both entrances to the shelter are north of the station on Clapham High Street.
Transports Links
London Bus routes 35, 37, 50, 88, 137, 155, 249, 322, 345, 417, school routes 689, 690 and Night routes N35, N137 and N155 all serve the station and its surrounding areas.
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References
- ^ a b c "Customer metrics: entries and exits". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. 2003-2010. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/performance/default.asp?onload=entryexit. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "Clapham Common Station". Aukett Fitzroy Robinson. http://www.aukettfitzroyrobinson.com/02_sectors/2F_transport/2F_04_tx.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
External links
- London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive Station in 1925
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