Colliers Wood tube station

Colliers Wood
The station entrance
Colliers Wood Location of Colliers Wood in Greater London
Location	Colliers Wood
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	5.57 million[1]
2012	5.68 million[1]
2013	5.79 million[1]
2014	6.31 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	City and South London Railway
Key dates
13 September 1926	Opened
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1080925[2]
Added to list	25 June 1987
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°25′06″N 0°10′41″W / 51.4183°N 0.178°W

Colliers Wood is a London Underground station in South London. The station is on the Northern line, between Tooting Broadway and South Wimbledon stations. It is located at the corner of Merton High Street (A24) and Christchurch Road. The station is in Travelcard Zone 3.

History

The station was opened on 13 September 1926 as part of the Morden extension of the City & South London Railway south from Clapham Common.^[3]

Along with the other stations on the Morden extension, the building was designed by architect Charles Holden. They were Holden's first major project for the Underground.^[4] He was selected by Frank Pick, general manager of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL), to design the stations after he was dissatisfied with designs produced by the UERL's own architect, Stanley Heaps.^[5] Built with a shop to each side, the modernist design takes the form of a double-height three-sided box clad in white Portland stone with a three-part glazed screen on the front façade divided by columns of which the capitals are three-dimensional versions of the Underground roundel. The central panel of the screen contains a large version of the roundel. The station is a Grade II listed building.^{[2][note 1]}

The station is close to Merton Bus garage which opened in 1913. The public house across the road is named "The Charles Holden" in honour of the station's architect.^[8]

Connections

London Bus routes 57, 131, 152, 200, 219, 470 and night route N155 serves the station.

Gallery

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  Northbound platform looking south

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  Southbound platform looking north

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  Station platform roundel

Notes and references

Notes

1. Holden's other stations on the Morden extension at Clapham South, Balham, Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway and South Wimbledon are also listed Grade II.^[6][7]

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. "Colliers Wood London Regional Transport Station (1080925)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
3. Day, John R; Reed, John (2010) [1963]. The Story of London's Underground (11th ed.). Capital Transport. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-85414-341-9.
4. Martin, Andrew (2013) [2012]. Underground Overground. Profile Books. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-84668-478-4.
5. Orsini, Fiona (2010). Underground Journeys: Charles Holden's designs for London Transport (PDF). V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
6. "Listed buildings and borough history". Wandsworth London Borough Council. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
7. Listed Buildings: A Guide for Owners (PDF) (Report). Merton London Borough Council. p. 11. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
8. "The Charles Holden". The New Pub Company. Retrieved 14 February 2015.

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Construction of escalators at Colliers Wood, 1926
  • Colliers Wood station, 1927
  • View along Platform, 1934
  • Colliers Wood station, 2001