Clapham Common tube station

Clapham Common

The station entrance
Clapham Common Location of Clapham Common in Greater London
Location	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 (1900)	Opened as terminus (C&SLR)
1926	Became through station
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
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Coordinates: 51°27′42″N 0°08′17″W / 51.461667°N 0.138°W / 51.461667; -0.138

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.

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.

Gallery

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  The north and south-bound Northern Line platforms

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  The new glass entrance pavilion

References

1. ^ ^{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. 
2. ^ "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

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Clapham South towards Morden		Northern line		Clapham North towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet