Camden Town tube station
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Camden Town | |
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Location | Camden Town |
Local authority | London Borough of Camden |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 2 |
OSI | Camden Road [1] |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2018 | 20.27 million[2] |
2019 | 20.50 million[3] |
2020 | 5.51 million[4] |
2021 | 9.12 million[5] |
2022 | 17.34 million[6] |
Railway companies | |
Original company | Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway |
Key dates | |
22 June 1907 | Station opened |
20 April 1924 | Link from Euston (C&SLR) opened |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°32′22″N 0°08′34″W / 51.5394°N 0.1427°W |
London transport portal |
Camden Town is a
Northbound, the next stations are
History
Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
The station was first proposed as part of the original route of the
At the apex of the V was a junction allowing northbound trains to take either of the branches north, and likewise allow the trains south from the branches to join the single southbound track under Camden High Street. This resulted in four connecting tunnels. When the CCE&HR and
The original lifts and emergency stairs to the platforms were inside the vertex of the V, leading to four passageways, one to each of the platforms, with return passageways back to the lifts. With growing patronage and increasing congestion the lifts were later replaced by escalators that came into service on 7 October 1929 with an escalator heading from the station building to a circulating area at the northern end of the platforms.[12] This has only two pairs of parallel passageways, one for each branch (northbound), with a small side passage on each leading to the lower southbound platforms. One set of the original lift passageways became part of the ventilation system, but the remaining one adds to the confusion of the station.
Northern line
The line, known post-merger for many years as the 'Edgware - Morden' line, was formally referred to as the Northern line from 28 August 1937.[15]
The station was damaged by a bomb on 14 October 1940 during the Blitz. One person was killed.[16] Shortly afterwards, Camden Town was chosen as one of eight stations on the Northern line where dedicated air-raid shelters would be constructed alongside the line, capable of accommodating 640,000 people.[17]
2003 derailment
On 19 October 2003, the last carriage of a 1995 stock train derailed on the approach to the station while traversing points in the connecting tunnels that connect the various Northern line branches. Seven passengers were injured, six of them with minor injuries. Two carriages were seriously damaged by the impact.[18][19] After the accident, trains were restricted to travelling either from the Edgware branch to the Bank branch or from the High Barnet branch to the Charing Cross branch. Full use of the junction was restored in March 2004.
Following the derailment, a joint report by
Future expansion and upgrade
The station is too small for current passenger demand, with just two escalators and too few passageways between Northern line platforms.
London Underground originally submitted redevelopment plans in the early 2000s, a £130m project that would have eased congestion and provided step free access – with residential and office development above the new station.
In 2013, TfL announced[27] new redevelopment plans given the continuing congestion and high passenger demand at the station.[21][28] Instead of the previously aborted scheme, TfL proposed a new station building built on the north side of Buck Street, on the site of the vacated Hawley School, avoiding the need to demolish both the original station and the other previously-threatened buildings.[29] As well as this new station entrance, expansion work would take place throughout the station with new escalators and passageways and step-free access - tripling the size of the station.[21] In the 2017 consultation, construction work was estimated to take four years to complete.[21] In 2018, following the delays to Crossrail and the knock on effects on TfL's business plan, the station upgrade was placed on hold indefinitely.[30]
Station layout
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As one of only three stations where transfers between the Bank and Charing Cross branches are possible and the northern of the two junctions between them, Camden Town features a complex platform arrangement. Like its sister station of Kennington, the station has four platforms with cross-platform interchanges available between branches.
However, unlike at Kennington, since trains do not terminate at Camden Town there are no terminus platforms or loop to allow terminating trains to turn around. Instead, all northbound trains heading towards Edgware use platform 1 and those heading towards High Barnet or Mill Hill East use platform 3. Trains headed southbound to either central branch use platforms 2 for trains coming from Edgware and 4 for trains coming from High Barnet or Mill Hill East respectively.
Connections
Out-of-station interchange
Buses
Air raid shelter
Camden Town is one of eight London Underground stations with a deep-level air-raid shelter underneath it. The entrances are on Buck Street (near the market) and Underhill Street with the shelter tunnels reaching from just north of Hawley Crescent to south of Greenland Street.
Nearby places
References
Citations
- ^ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Tube Map" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ Day & Reed 2010, pp. 76–68.
- ^ Day & Reed 2010, p. 77.
- ^ Jackson & Croome 1993, p. 122.
- ^ Follenfant 1975, pp. 16–17.
- ^ a b Leboff 1994, p. 28.
- ^ Day & Reed 2010, p. 94.
- ^ Jackson & Croome 1993, p. 144.
- ^ Jackson & Croome 1993, p. 228.
- ^ Day & Reed 2010, p. 136.
- ^ Day & Reed 2010, p. 143.
- ^ "Second Tube train derailed". BBC News. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ Kitching, Rubina (4 December 2003). "Track design flaws may have led to Camden Town Tube derailment". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Improving capacity at Camden Town station". Transport for London. 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018. Detailed report, with updated timeline etc.
- ^ a b "Camden Town Redevelopment". alwaystouchout. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
- ^ a b c "Inquiry begins into market plans". BBC News. 10 February 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "London Underground (Camden Town Station) Order". Department for Transport. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 16 February 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Station plan refusal saves market". BBC News. 21 June 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Camden Town Station proposed redevelopment - Transport for London". Transport for London. 10 September 2006. Archived from the original on 10 September 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "New upgrade plan for Camden Town underground station unveiled". Camden New Journal. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "We Need To Talk About Camden: The Future of the Northern Line". London Reconnections. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Have your say on a development above the proposed new second entrance for Camden Town Underground station on Buck Street". Transport for London. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
Sources
- Day, John R; Reed, John (2010) [1963]. The Story of London's Underground. Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-341-9.
- Follenfant, H.G. (1975). Reconstructing London's Underground; H G Follenfant (2nd ed.). London Transport.
- Jackson, Alan; Croome, Desmond (1993) [1964]. Rails Through the Clay: A History of London's Tube Railways (2nd ed.). Routledge.
- Leboff, David (1994). London Underground Stations. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-711-02226-3.
External links
- Subterranea Britannica's visit to the Camden Town deep level shelter
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- Station building in 1937, Chalk Farm Road elevation. Utilitarian building is London Underground electrical substation.
- Bomb Damage in October 1940. The elevation was never fully rebuilt.
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
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Kentish Town High Barnet branch towards Mill Hill East or High Barnet
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Northern line | Euston Bank branch
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Chalk Farm Edgware branch towards Edgware
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Mornington Crescent Charing Cross branch
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Out of system interchange | ||||
Preceding station | London Overground | Following station | ||
Kentish Town West towards Richmond or Clapham Junction
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North London line transfer at Camden Road
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Caledonian Road & Barnsbury towards Stratford
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Former Route | ||||
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
South Kentish Town towards Highgate
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Northern line (1907–1923)
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Mornington Crescent towards Charing Cross
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Chalk Farm towards Golders Green
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