Clapham Junction railway station

Clapham Junction
South West (Brighton Yard) entrance
Clapham Junction Location of Clapham Junction in Greater London
Location	Battersea
Local authority	London Borough of Wandsworth
Managed by	Network Rail
Station code	CLJ
DfT category	B
Number of platforms	17 (16 in use)
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2
Cycle parking	Yes – external
Toilet facilities	Yes – behind gateline
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	29.520 million[2]
– interchange	29.324 million[2]
2019–20	28.892 million[2]
– interchange	26.903 million[2]
2020–21	8.371 million[2]
– interchange	6.824 million[2]
2021–22	17.397 million[2]
– interchange	14.794 million[2]
2022–23	20.790 million[2]
– interchange	19.091 million[2]
Key dates
2 March 1863	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51°27′53″N 0°10′14″W / 51.4646°N 0.1705°W / 51.4646; -0.1705
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Clapham Junction railway station (/ˈklæpəm ˈdʒʌŋkʃən/^[3]) is a major railway station and transport hub near St John's Hill in southwest Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is 2 miles 57 chains (2.71 mi; 4.37 km) from London Victoria and 3 miles 74 chains (3.93 mi; 6.32 km) from London Waterloo;^[4] it is on both the South West Main Line and Brighton Main Line as well as numerous other routes and branch lines passing through or diverging from the main lines at this station. Despite its name, Clapham Junction is not located in Clapham, a district situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) to the southeast and is instead sited in Battersea.

Routes from London's south and southwest termini, Victoria and Waterloo, funnel through the station, making it the busiest in Europe^{[5][better source needed]} by number of trains using it: between 100 and 180 per hour except for the five hours after midnight. The station is also the busiest UK station for interchanges between services,^[6] as well as the only railway station in Great Britain with more interchanges than entries or exits.^[7]