Clapham Common tube station

Clapham Common
Western entrance
Clapham Common Location of Clapham Common in Greater London
Location	Clapham
Local authority	Lambeth
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	9.21 million[1]
2013	8.94 million[1]
2014	8.94 million[1]
2015	10.07 million[1]
Key dates
1900	Opened as terminus (C&SLR)
1926	Became through station
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1065005[2]
Added to list	27 March 1981
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°27′42″N 0°08′18″W / 51.4617°N 0.1382°WCoordinates: 51°27′42″N 0°08′18″W / 51.4617°N 0.1382°W
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Clapham Common is a London Underground station in Clapham within the London Borough of Lambeth. It is on the Northern line, between Clapham North and Clapham South stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.^[3]

History

The new glass entrance pavilion at Clapham Common South Side

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.

The station today

The island platform looking north, showing the narrow width of the platform(s) similar to Clapham North

The station has two entrances, one at the west via a domed building dating from the 1920s,^[2] and one at the east via a modern curved-steel and glass pavilion.

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 being Clapham North.

Clapham Common is one of eight London Underground stations that have a deep-level air-raid shelter underneath them. Both entrances to the shelter are north of the station on Clapham High Street.

Services and connections

Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 2–6 minutes between 06:09 and 00:21 in both directions.^[4][5]

The station is served by London Bus routes 35, 37, 50, 88, 137, 155, 249, 322, 345, 417, 689 and 690, and by night routes N35, N137 and N155.^[6][7]

Advertising

For 2 weeks in September 2016, all of the adverts used in the station were replaced by photos of cats.^[8] This was an initiative paid for on crowdfunding site Kickstarter and organized by an organisation called The Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (C.A.T.S).^[9]

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
2. Historic England. "Entrance Building to Clapham Common Tube Station (1065005)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
3. Transport for London (January 2016). Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2015.
4. "Northern line timetable: From Clapham Common Underground Station to Clapham North Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
5. "Northern line timetable: From Clapham Common Underground Station to Clapham South Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
6. "Buses from Clapham Common" (PDF). Transport for London. July 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
7. Clapham Common Underground Station - Bus
8. "Crowdfunding Replaced The Ads At A London Underground Station With Cat Photos". Jalopnik. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
9. "The Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (C.A.T.S)". Kickstarter. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive Station in 1925