Stockwell
Location
Place	Stockwell
Local authority	London Borough of Lambeth
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	4
Transport for London
Zone	2
Annual entry/exit	6.924 million †
History
1890 1900 1971	Opened (C&SLR, as terminus) Became through station Opened (Victoria Line)
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

One of the entrances to the Stockwell shelter, now decorated as a war memorial with input from pupils at a local school. ( Closeup)

Stockwell tube station is a London Underground station in Stockwell, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated between Clapham North and Oval on the Northern Line, and between Vauxhall and Brixton on the Victoria Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. Stockwell tube station taken by C Ford, March 04. ... Stockwell is an inner city area in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in South London, England and forms part of Inner London. ... The London Underground is a rapid transit system that serves much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... 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. ... Transport For London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system throughout Greater London in England. ... The southbound platform at Angel. ... This is a list of extant mainline railway stations in Greater London, excluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... Stockwell deep level shelter entrance taken by C Ford September 2003. ... Stockwell deep level shelter entrance taken by C Ford September 2003. ... stockwell deep level shelter entrance close up taken by C Ford sepetmber 2003 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The London Underground is a rapid transit system that serves much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... Stockwell is an inner city area in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in South London, England and forms part of Inner London. ... Categories: Northern Line stations | London Underground stubs ... Oval tube station Interior of Oval tube station Oval tube station in Kennington is a station on the Northern Line of the London Underground between Stockwell and Kennington stations. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ...     Categories: Victoria Line stations | London Underground stubs | London railway stations | British railway stations ... Brixton tube station Brixton Tube station is a station in the London Underground. ... The Victoria Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured light blue on the Tube map. ... 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. ...

Stockwell station is served by bus routes: 2, 88, 155, 196, 255, 345, 355 and P5.

History

Stockwell station was ceremonially opened on 4 November 1890 by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), as the most southerly station on the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) - London's first deep level tube railway. Passenger services began just over one month later on 18 December 1890. The station had a single island platform, with tracks on either side, an arrangement rarely seen on the underground network, this original platform is slightly further north than the modern day platform and present day trains still pass through it. The other terminal of the CSLR line was the King William Street tube station, which was only open for 10 years (1890-1900) and is currently inaccessible following the rebuilding of Regis House above it and other alterations that were made during the extension of the Jubilee Line. November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... The City & South London Railway (C&SLR), originally known as City of London & Southwark Subway, is considered to be the first real deep-level tube railway in the world. ... In the Gregorian calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), with 13 days remaining until the end of the year. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... King William Street was the original but short-lived northern terminus on the City & South London Railway (C&SLR), the first deep tube underground railway in London and one of the component parts of the London Undergrounds Northern Line. ...

Stockwell ceased to be a terminus in 1900 after the opening of an extension to Clapham Common. This involved the addition of a flight of stairs at the south end of the platform to take passengers to a subway that passed over the new northbound tunnel and joined the lift shaft at a higher level.

The original building at Stockwell was similar to—but larger than—the existing surface building at Kennington with a domed roof to the original lift shaft. Between 1923 and 1924, the station was modernised in advance of the 1926 extension from Clapham Common to Morden (Morden Extension). A new surface building was constructed on the original site, but the platforms were rebuilt to a larger diameter - and with a single patform in each tunnel - south of the original station tunnel. Categories: Northern Line stations | London Underground stubs ... Clapham Common tube station is a station on London Undergrounds Northern Line. ... Morden tube station is a London Underground station in Morden in the London Borough of Merton. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ...

With the opening of the Victoria Line on 23 July 1971, parallel cross-platform interchanges were provided between the two lines in both directions and the 1920s surface buildings were demolished and replaced by a rather non-descript structure dominated by a ventilation shaft. The surface buildings demolished in the 1920s were designed by T. P. Figgis, and were topped by a large decorative dome inside which were a pair of small guide wheels for the wires which controlled the hydraulic lifts. The two lifts each carried 50 people to and from the platforms until their replacement by escalators in the mid-1920s. July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... T. P. (Thomas Phillips) Figgis was a British architect working in the late 19th / early 20th centuries. ...

Stockwell is one of eight London Underground stations each with a deep-level air-raid shelter beneath it. These shelters were constructed during World War II. The shelters are below the current station and comprise two parallel tunnels, each of which is approximately six times the length of the current platform. These tunnels are 16 foot 6 inches (5.3 m) in diameter (wider than the current platforms), the shelters are split horizontally into upper and lower levels, there are various connecting and branch tunnels used for medical posts, lavatories, and for ventilation. The total capacity of the shelter was around 1600 people. Access was via the station as well as two further entrance shafts containing spiral staircases located one of which is now at the middle of the junction of South Lambeth Road and Clapham Road and the other on Studley Road. 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. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The A202 is a primary A road in South London. ...

The shelter was completed in September 1942, and was used by the Government until 1944 when it was opened to the public. It was used for one year as a shelter. After the war it was used for a period to billet military personnel. Unlike the current uses of the other deep level shelters within the tube network its present use is unknown.

Just north of the station there is a branch tunnel which used to lead to a nearby generating station (closed 1915), depot and workshop located at the junction of Stockwell and Clapham Roads. The tunnel was very steep with an incline of 1:3.5, rolling stock was originally pulled up to the surface using a wire rope and a winch. This system was replaced in 1907 by a hydraulic lift which could carry one locomotive or one carriage.

During the 1920s, the line was closed for reconstruction and the depot was used as a working site for transporting spoil, equipment and works traffic in and out of the tunnels. The depot and lift were finally taken out of use at the end of 1924. The incline tunnel and the lift shaft were plugged on the surface and several blocks of flats were constructed on the old depot site by the LCC. These flats still stand (2006) as does one retaining wall of the old depot.

Shooting

On 22 July 2005, Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian electrician living in London, was shot dead by plain clothes police officers at Stockwell station. This incident came a day after the failed 21 July 2005 London bombings occurred on Tube trains and a bus in London, and it later emerged that the dead man had nothing to do with the attacks. July 22 is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jean Charles de Menezes (7 January 1978–22 July 2005) was a Brazilian electrician living in the Tulse Hill area of south London. ... Wikinews has news related to: Four small explosions strike Londons transport system On 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of Londons public transport system two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. ...

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive:

• Official opening of the original station, 1890
• Rebuilt station, 1924
• Victoria Line rebuild, 1974

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