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Clapham North tube station

Coordinates: 51°27′54″N 0°07′48″W / 51.465°N 0.13°W / 51.465; -0.13
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Clapham North London Underground
The station entrance
Clapham North is located in Greater London
Clapham North
Clapham North
Location of Clapham North in Greater London
LocationClapham
Local authorityLondon Borough of Lambeth
Managed byLondon Underground
OwnerLondon Underground
Station code(s)CPN[1]
Number of platforms2
Fare zone2
OSIClapham High Street London Overground[2]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Decrease 6.14 million[3]
2020Decrease 2.87 million[4]
2021Increase 3.27 million[5]
2022Increase 5.22 million[6]
2023Decrease 5.21 million[7]
Railway companies
Original companyCity and South London Railway
Key dates
3 June 1900 (1900-06-03)Opened as Clapham Road
29 November 1923[8]closed for rebuilding
1 December 1924reopened
13 September 1926Renamed Clapham North
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°27′54″N 0°07′48″W / 51.465°N 0.13°W / 51.465; -0.13
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Clapham North is an Underground station in Clapham, London. It is on the Northern line between Stockwell and Clapham Common. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 2, at the northern end of Clapham High Street, and a short walk away from Clapham High Street railway station. Although there is no direct interchange between the two, it is counted as an Out of Station Interchange using Oyster, so journeys involving a change between the two are charged as through journeys and not two separate journeys.[9]

Clapham North and Clapham Common are the only stations left on the network that are physically underground with narrow island platforms.

History

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The platforms at Clapham North tube station. This platform and the one at Clapham Common are the narrowest on the London Underground.

The station opened as Clapham Road on 3 June 1900[10] as part of an extension of the City and South London Railway to Clapham Common, one stop to the south. The station, designed by T. P. Figgis, is one of two remaining stations that has an island platform in the station tunnel, serving both the northbound and southbound lines; the other being Clapham Common. The original station building was replaced in 1924, when the line was modernised and the original building was remodelled by Charles Holden. The ticket hall was rebuilt after the installation of escalators and Figgis's station facade was replaced with biscuit-cream faience slabs and black coping tiles to the parapet walls. In turn, the station's corner entrance block was reclad in post-modern style tiles in c1996, the lower side wings retain their 1920s elevations. The station's name was changed to Clapham North on 13 September 1926[10] after the line was extended to Morden that year.[11]

Clapham North and Clapham Common are the only stations left on the network that are physically underground with narrow island platforms, around 3.7 metres (12 ft) wide.[12] In September 2024, TfL indicated that they had no plans to widen the platforms due to the high cost of doing so – despite safety concerns raised by the RAIB following an incident at Clapham Common in May 2023.[13]

Clapham North is one of eight London Underground stations which has a deep-level air-raid shelter beneath it.

Connections

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London Buses routes serve the station day and night.

Trivia

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"Clapham North" is the title of the last track on the album Everybody's a Fuckin Expert by London- and Texas-based noise rock band Shit and Shine.

References

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  1. ^ "Station Codes" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  8. ^ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley page 51
  9. ^ "Out of Station Interchange (OSI)". Oyster and National Rail (independent guide). 26 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  10. ^ a b Rose, Douglas (December 2007) [1980]. The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History (8th ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-315-0.
  11. ^ "Clapham High Street – History". claphamhighstreet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  12. ^ Vickers, Noah (3 October 2024). "TfL has 'no proposals' to widen narrow Tube platforms despite safety fears". Evening Standard. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  13. ^ Lydall, Ross (8 May 2024). "Report reveals scale of panic as Northern Line train filled with smoke". Evening Standard. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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Preceding station London Underground Following station
Stockwell
towards Edgware, High Barnet or Mill Hill East
 Northern line
Morden branch
 Clapham Common
towards Morden
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