Camden Town tube station is a major crossover point for the two branches of the Northern Line and the busiest station on the entire London Underground. The station gets particularly busy at the weekend with tourists visiting Camden Market and Camden High Street; To prevent overcrowding, entry to the station from the street is prohibited on Sunday afternoons. Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... The Northern Line is a deep-level tube line of the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. ... Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... Camden Market consists of the following markets: Buck Street Market Camden Lock Market Inverness Street Stables Market This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Camden High Street is a short stretch of road (less than 500m long, forming part of the A400) in Camden Town, in London, England. ...

Camden Town tube station

Northbound the next stations are Chalk Farm and Kentish Town, southbound they are Mornington Crescent, and Euston. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2. camden town tube taken by a brady 27/11/03 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... camden town tube taken by a brady 27/11/03 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Chalk Farm tube station is near Camden Town. ... Kentish Town is a London Underground station and mainline station in the London Borough of Camden. ... Mornington Crescent is a station in Camden Town in north London, named after the road it is on. ... Facade of Euston Station, London Euston Arch: the original Euston Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euston station concourse Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large railway station in Central London. ... Travelcard Zone 2 is the second most inward zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...

Charing Cross, Euston, and Hampstead Railway

The station began life as part of the original route of the Charing Cross Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCEHR) (now the Northern Line). As the station where the line branched into two routes, one to Hampstead, one to Highgate, the design of the station was rather unusual. The station was shaped like a V. With the narrowness of the roads above, and the necessity to keep directly beneath them to avoid having to give out compensation, the south and northbound platforms of each branch are direcly above one another.

However, after the CCEHR was combined with the City & South London Railway to form the Northern Line, southbound trains at either platform could go to either the old CCEHR route or the City & South London route. This leads to considerable confusion at the platforms, as there is no indication as to which would be the best to get the next train to the destination intended.

The lift access (and that of the emergency stairs) to the platforms was located inside the vertex of the V, leading to four passageways, one to each of the platforms, and four return passageways back to the lifts. This was replaced in later years, particularly due to increasing congestion, with an escalator heading from the original station building to the a circulating area at the northern end of the platforms. This has only two pairs of parallel passage ways, one for each branch, with a small side passage on each leading to the lower 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.

Camden Town Junction

Immediately south of the station 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. This resulted in 4 connecting tunnels. However, the CCEHR and City & South London Lines were joined together after the City & South London Line became part of the underground group. This necessitated a short extension from the Euston terminus of the City & South London, to connect with each of the two northerly branches. This added another 4 tunnels to the junction, making it the most complicated junction on the whole network.

In 2003 the points at one of these connecting tunnels were the site of a derailment, which caused damage severe enough that much of the Northern Line was closed for over a week, though no-one was hurt severely (as the trains couldn't move too much due to being confined to the tunnel). After the accident, trains were restricted to travelling either from Chalk Farm to Euston (Bank branch) or from Kentish Town to Mornington Crescent. This situation continued for some time, and many considered whether it would be permanent (particularly as this would make managing the two branches through central london easier). However, full use of the junction was restored in March 2004. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A joint report by London Underground and its maintenance contractor Tubelines concluded that poor track geometry was the main cause, and that because of the geometry, extra friction arising out of striations (scratches) on a newly installed set of points had allowed the leading wheel of the last carriage to climb the rail and so derail. The track geometry at the derailment site is a very tight bend and tunnel bore constraints prevent the normal solution for this sort of geometry - canting the track by dipping the height of one rail relative to the other. Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ...

Buck Street Market

The station gets particularly busy at the weekend with tourists visiting Camden Market and Camden High Street to the extent that to prevent overcrowding on the platforms, entry to the station from the street has to be prohibited on Sunday afternoons. There are plans to completely rebuild the platform area, demolishing the original liftshaft space and the current circulating area at the foot of the escalators and replacing them with a large two level atrium (the upper level taking the form of a balcony), which has various access points onto the platforms (with escalator access between levels). This would be reached by a new set of escalators, providing more escalator access than at present from the street. Camden Market consists of the following markets: Buck Street Market Camden Lock Market Inverness Street Stables Market This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Camden High Street is a short stretch of road (less than 500m long, forming part of the A400) in Camden Town, in London, England. ...

According to London Underground, achieving this reduction in congestion requires them to demolish the old station building. In addition, to provide both a new temporary exit during construction works, and to comply with modern safety standards, London Underground claim that it is necessary to demolish Buck Street Market, commonly known as Camden Market (one of 5 local markets), the Electric Ballroom, a church, and several houses and shops to the north of the original station. Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... Buck Street Market is one of the four markets which together comprise the retail area known as Camden Market in the Camden Town district of London. ... Camden Market consists of the following markets: Buck Street Market Camden Lock Market Inverness Street Stables Market This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Ballroom The Electric Ballroom has existed in Camden Town, north London for over sixty years. ...

Apart from complaints about destruction of one of the remaining ox-blood tiled station ticket halls on the Underground, there is a significantly large controversy over the demolition of the buildings to the north. Complaints particularly centre on London Underground's desire to replace the buildings with modern construction out of place, and out of scale, with the remainder of Camden Town, together with complaints about the loss of the buildings and market themselves. This has lead to a public enquiry being held. Camden Town is a place in the London Borough of Camden, north London. ... In the politics and government of Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, a public inquiry is an official review of events or actions ordered by the government. ...

In January 2004, consultants Arup published plans commissioned by Save Camden, a group of local market traders, for a remodelling which would preserve the majority of the threatened buildings, including the market.

Miscellaneous Information

Camden Town is one of eight London Underground stations with a deep-level air-raid shelter underneath it. The London deep-level shelters are eight deep level air-raid shelters that were built under London Underground stations during World War II. Each consists of a pair of parallel tunnels 16 feet 16 inches (5. ...

Nearest places include

• Camden Town
• Chalk Farm
• Kentish Town
• Regent's Park
• Somers Town