Clapham Junction
Clapham Junction is a busy railway junction and station in
Battersea in
London. When the station was built the name Clapham Junction was chosen because
Clapham was a more fashionable area than Battersea. It is the busiest
railway station in the
United Kingdom. With 15 platforms (numbered 2 to 16, there is no platform 1) and around 2000 trains passing through the station each day, it may well be the busiest station in the world. All services to
Waterloo and most services to
Victoria stations pass through the junction, these include
South West Trains,
Connex and
South Central services.
On December 12 1988 35 people died when three commuter trains collided at Clapham junction.
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