Clapham Common tube station
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| Clapham Common | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Clapham |
| Local authority | London Borough of Lambeth |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Transport for London | |
| Zone | 2 |
| 2005 annual usage | 7.482 million † |
| 2007 annual usage | 8.77 million † |
| History | |
| 1900 1926 |
Opened as terminus (C&SLR) Became through station |
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| † Data from Transport for London [1] | |
Clapham Common tube station is a station on London Underground's Northern Line. It lies between Clapham North and Clapham South stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
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 subway link from the south-east side of Clapham Common South Side also links to the below-ground ticket hall. It is one of two remaining stations on the underground that has an island platform in tunnel, serving both the northbound and southbound lines; the other is Clapham North.
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.
[edit] External links
- London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive Station in 1925.
- LocalClapham.com - Google customised by the Clapham community
| Preceding station |  London Underground |
Following station | ||
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towards Morden
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Northern line |
