Clapham North tube station explained

Clapham North
Manager:London Underground
Owner:London Underground
Fare Zone:2
Locale:Clapham
Borough:London Borough of Lambeth
Platforms:2
Tubeexits03: 4.568
Tubeexits04: 4.803
Tubeexits05: 5.022
Tubeexits06: 5.542
Tubeexits07: 5.711
Tubeexits08: 5.850
Tubeexits09: 5.57-->
Railcode:CPN[1]
Coordinates:51.465°N -0.13°W
Map Type:Greater London
Symbol:underground
Original:City and South London Railway
Years2:29 November 1923[2]
Years3:1 December 1924
Years4:13 September 1926
Events1:Opened as Clapham Road
Events2:closed for rebuilding
Events3:reopened
Events4:Renamed Clapham North

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.[3]

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

History

The station opened as Clapham Road on 3 June 1900[4] 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 after the line was extended to Morden that year.[5]

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

Connections

London Buses routes 50, 88, 155, 322, 345, P5 and night route N155 serve the station.

Trivia

"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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Station Codes. Transport for London. 10 August 2021.
  2. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley page 51
  3. Web site: Out of Station Interchange (OSI). 26 May 2010. Oyster and National Rail (independent guide). 31 May 2010.
  4. Book: Rose, Douglas . The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History . 8th . December 2007 . 1980 . Capital Transport . Harrow Weald . 978-1-85414-315-0 .
  5. Web site: Clapham High Street – History. claphamhighstreet.co.uk. 18 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130815234254/http://claphamhighstreet.co.uk/Content/chshistory.htm. 15 August 2013.