Clapham Junction
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Clapham Junction is a railway station located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
It is situated on St. John's Hill in the south west of Battersea and in an area now known as Clapham Junction.
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[change] The station
[change] The services
All services to Waterloo (except Eurostar services to the continent) and many services to Victoria and Croydon stations pass through the junction; these include South West Trains, Gatwick Express and Southern services. Services from Clapham Junction also head north along the West London Line, through West Brompton and Kensington (Olympia), on to Willesden Junction and Watford Junction - services (to Willesden Junction) are operated by Silverlink.
[change] The facilities
The station has 16 platforms, numbered 2 to 17, and arranged in two groups. Platform 1, the northernmost platform, is no longer used. It doesn't have any rails. If the planned East London Line extension gets to Clapham Junction, the platform may be used again. The station's main entrance is from St. John's Hill, into a foot tunnel which is 15 ft (4.6 m) wide. It runs under the eastern end of the 17 platforms, and to a northern exit, which has restricted opening hours. The foot tunnel becomes very crowded during the morning and evening rush hours, and ticket barriers at the end of the tunnel are a particular pinch point.
A covered footbridge connects the platforms at their western end. Unfortunately the footbridge does not provide entry to or exit from the station.
[change] The Junction
The station is named Clapham Junction because it is close to the joining point of a number of major rail lines -- although the name is not shared by any junction near the station. The names of the nearby rail junctions are:
- Falcon Jn
- Ludgate GW Jn
- Latchmere Jns
- West London Jn
- Pouparts Jn
