Chalk Farm tube station

Chalk Farm
Chalk Farm Location of Chalk Farm in Greater London
Location	Chalk Farm
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	4.94 million[1]
2012	5.34 million[1]
2013	5.55 million[1]
2014	5.89 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
Key dates
22 June 1907	Station opened
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1401028[2]
Added to list	20 July 2011
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°32′39″N 0°09′12″W / 51.5442°N 0.1533°W

Chalk Farm is a London Underground station near Camden Town in the London Borough of Camden. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line between Camden Town to the south and Belsize Park to the north. For ticketing purposes, Chalk Farm falls in Travelcard Zone 2. With slightly under five million entries and exits in 2011, Chalk Farm is one of the busiest stations on the Edgware branch of the Northern line.

History

The station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR). Trains originally operated between Golders Green and Charing Cross tube station, with extensions to Edgware and Kennington in 1923–24 and 1926, respectively. All trains ran via the Charing Cross branch. As part of a comprehensive signing scheme, the 'UndergrounD' lettering was added in 1908.

With the subsequent extension of the City and South London Railway (C&SLR) to Camden Town in 1924, the CCE&HR and C&SLR were joined, allowing through running on the Bank branch and service as far south as Clapham Common, extending to Morden in 1926.

Station layout

Chalk Farm station lies at the intersection of Chalk Farm Road, Haverstock Hill (the northern extension of Camden High Street) and Adelaide Street, which create an angular intersection that forms the centre of the neighborhood of the same name.

Architecture

Chalk Farm's narrow, wedge-shaped station building gives it the longest frontage of any of the stations designed by Architect Leslie Green for the three tube lines owned by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London and opened in 1906 and 1907. It also has the shallowest lift shafts of any Underground station (21 ft). Station refurbishment by Tube Lines was completed in 2005. The station is a Grade II listed building.^[3]

Connections

London Buses routes 31, 168 and 393 and night routes N5, N28 and N31 serve the station.

Gallery

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  Haverstock Hill elevation

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  Southbound platform looking north

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  Northbound platform looking south

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  Tiling on northbound platform

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  Roundel on northbound platform

In popular culture

London Ska/Pop band Madness posed outside of Chalk Farm tube station for the covers of their no. 2 UK hit album Absolutely and no. 3 UK single Baggy Trousers.

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. Historic England. "Chalk Farm Underground Station (1358037)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
3. "16 London Underground Stations Listed At Grade II". English Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2011.

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Station exterior before opening, early 1907
  • Ticket hall, 1907