Clapham South tube station

Clapham South
The station entrance
Clapham South Location of Clapham South in Greater London
Location	Clapham
Local authority	London Borough of Wandsworth
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	7.80 million^[1]
2013	7.58 million^[1]
2014	8.47 million^[1]
2015	8.58 million^[1]
Key dates
1926	Opened (C&SLR)
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1266140^[2]
Added to list	16 June 1987
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°27′10″N 0°08′49″W / 51.452778°N 0.147°W / 51.452778; -0.147Coordinates: 51°27′10″N 0°08′49″W / 51.452778°N 0.147°W / 51.452778; -0.147
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Clapham South is a station on London Underground's Northern line between Clapham Common and Balham. The station is located at the corner of Balham Hill (A24) and Nightingale Lane. It is in both Travelcard Zone 2 and Travelcard Zone 3.

History

The station was designed by Charles Holden and was opened on 13 September 1926 as the first station of the Morden extension of the City & South London Railway, which is now part of the Northern line. Other proposed names for the station prior to opening were "Balham North" and "Nightingale Lane".

The apartments above the station, named Westbury Court, were a later addition to the architecture, built in the mid-1930s. The parade of shops along Balham Hill was extended as part of the same development using the same style as the original three closest to the station.

Clapham South tube station is at the southern edge of Clapham Common. It is one of eight London Underground stations with a deep-level air-raid shelter underneath it. In 1948, the deep shelter was used as temporary accommodation for immigrants from the West Indies. The MV Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury in 1948 carrying 492 immigrants. London had a severe labour shortage after the war and the Colonial Office had sought to recruit a labour force from Jamaica. An advertisement had appeared in Jamaica's Daily Gleaner on 13 April 1948 offering transport to the UK. The Windrush was quickly filled. As there was no accommodation for the new arrivals, the Colonial Office housed them temporarily in the deep-level shelter at Clapham South.^[3]

Connections

The station is served by London Buses routes 50, 155, 249, 355, G1, 690, and also by night route N155.

References

1 2 3 4 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ Historic England. "Clapham South Station (Including Above Ground Station Building and Sub Surface Platforms and Passages) (1266140)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
↑ Kushner, Tony; Lunn, Kenneth (1991). The Politics of Marginality: Race, the Radical Right and Minorities in Twentieth Century Britain. London: Routledge. p. 166. ISBN 978-0714633916. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

Gallery

Northbound platform looking south
Southbound platform looking north
Roundel on the southbound platform
One of the entrances to Clapham South deep level shelter; the other is on the Common

External links

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London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
CharlesHolden.com Early photograph of station

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

Northern line

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High Barnet branch	High Barnet Totteridge & Whetstone Woodside Park West Finchley Mill Hill East Finchley Central East Finchley Highgate Archway Tufnell Park Kentish Town Camden Town

Edgware branch	Edgware Burnt Oak Colindale Hendon Central Brent Cross Golders Green Hampstead Belsize Park Chalk Farm Camden Town

Central section via Charing Cross	Camden Town Mornington Crescent Euston Warren Street Goodge Street Tottenham Court Road Leicester Square Charing Cross Embankment Waterloo Kennington

Central section via Bank	Camden Town Euston King's Cross St. Pancras Angel Old Street Moorgate Bank London Bridge Borough Elephant & Castle (100m)

Morden line	Kennington Oval Stockwell Clapham North Clapham Common Clapham South Balham Tooting Bec Tooting Broadway Colliers Wood South Wimbledon Morden

Future extension to Battersea	Kennington Nine Elms Battersea Power Station

Rolling stock

Present stock	1995 Stock

Former stock	1906 Stock 1938 Stock 1949 Stock 1956 Stock 1959 Stock 1962 Stock 1972 Stock Standard Stock

History

Former companies	City and South London Railway Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Edgware, Highgate and London Railway Underground Electric Railways Company of London

Former lines	Northern City Line

Former stations	City Road Essex Road Highbury & Islington Drayton Park King William Street South Kentish Town

Abandoned plans	Northern Heights plan Aldenham depot Alexandra Palace Brockley Hill Bushey Heath Cranley Gardens Crouch End Elstree South Mill Hill Muswell Hill North End Stroud Green

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