Clapham Junction | |
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Location | Battersea |
Local authority | London Borough of Wandsworth |
Managed by | Network Rail |
Station code | CLJ |
DfT category | B |
Number of platforms | 17 |
Accessible | Yes[1] |
Fare zone | 2 |
Cycle parking | Yes – external |
Toilet facilities | Yes – behind gateline |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2013–14 | 25.287 million[2] |
– interchange | 26.847 million[2] |
2014–15 | 26.466 million[2] |
– interchange | 28.426 million[2] |
2015–16 | 32.282 million[2] |
– interchange | 30.449 million[2] |
2016–17 | 30.681 million[2] |
– interchange | 27.330 million[2] |
Key dates | |
2 March 1863 | Opened |
Other information | |
External links | |
WGS84 | 51°27′53″N 0°10′14″W / 51.4646°N 0.1705°W |
Clapham Junction railway station is a train station in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is on St. John's Hill in the south west of Battersea.
All services to Waterloo 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 London Overground.
Typical off-peak service of about 110 trains (one train every 30 seconds) is:
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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London Waterloo | South West Trains South Western Main Line West of England Main Line |
Woking | ||
South West Trains Waterloo to Basingstoke Alton Line |
Surbiton | |||
Vauxhall | South West Trains Waterloo to Woking Mole Valley Line Kingston Loop via Wimbledon Shepperton Branch Hampton Court Branch New Guildford Line |
Terminus | ||
London Waterloo | South West Trains Waterloo to Reading |
Richmond | ||
Vauxhall | South West Trains Waterloo to Windsor |
Putney | ||
Queenstown Road (Battersea) |
South West Trains Kingston Loop via Richmond Hounslow Loop Reading and Windsor Lines |
Wandsworth Town | ||
London Victoria | Southern Brighton Main Line |
East Croydon | ||
West Brompton | Southern West London line |
Wandsworth Common | ||
Battersea Park | Southern South London Line (Outer) or London Victoria to East Croydon |
Wandsworth Common | ||
London Overground | ||||
West Brompton towards Willesden Junction | West London Line | Terminus |
The station has 17 platforms, numbered 1 to 17, and arranged in two groups. Platform 1, the northernmost platform. 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. The footbridge does not have an exit to or from the station.
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: