Clapham Common tube station

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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
Station code	CPC[1]
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2015	10.07 million[2]
2016	10.04 million[2]
2017	10.49 million[2]
2018	9.75 million[3]
2019	9.64 million[4]
Key dates
3 June 1900	Opened as terminus (C&SLR)
29 November 1923	closed for rebuilding
1 December 1924	reopened
13 September 1926	Became through station
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1065005[5]
Added to list	27 March 1981; 40 years ago (1981-03-27)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page [1] Departures [1]/stationOverview.xhtml Layout [1]/details.html Facilities [1].pdf Buses
WGS84	51°27′42″N 0°08′18″W / 51.4617°N 0.1382°W / 51.4617; -0.1382Coordinates: 51°27′42″N 0°08′18″W / 51.4617°N 0.1382°W / 51.4617; -0.1382
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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.^[6]

History[]

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The new glass entrance pavilion at Clapham Common South Side

The station is at the eastern tip of Clapham Common and was opened on 3 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 on 13 September 1926.

The station today[]

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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,^[5] 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^[7] 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.^[8][9]

The station is served by London Bus routes 35, 37, 50, 88, 137, 155, 249, 322, 345, 417 and 690, and by night routes N137 and N155.^[10][11]

Advertising[]

For 2 weeks in September 2016, all of the adverts used in the station were replaced by photos of cats.^[12] 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).^[13]

In January 2017, as part of the initiative Veganuary, PETA took over the station informing and encouraging commuters to adopt veganism for the month.^[14]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clapham Common tube station.

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive Station in 1925

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Clapham South towards Morden		Northern line		Clapham North towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet