Connecting Clapham Junction
A ten-point plan for investment at Britain's busiest station
Clapham Junction is the busiest railway station in Britain - every day more than 1,700 trains serve Clapham Junction and around 50,000 passengers enter or leave the station. Rail services are operated by three different companies - South West Trains, Southern Railway and London Overground. There are easy links to Victoria and Waterloo and local suburban connections to south, west and north London.
Services to the rest of southern England reach places as far afield as Hastings, Exeter, Reading and Milton Keynes. Cross-town links put other parts of south-east England, the Midlands and the north-west within easy reach.
Locally the station is served by 16 bus routes which bring 4,000 buses through the town centre every day.
The Council has recently renewed its ten-point plan for Clapham Junction, which sets out the key measures required to bring Battersea's key interchange up to standard, to increase capacity on overstretched services and to improve connections with the rest of London's transport system.
Getting the best for local people
It's been five years since the council launched its first ten-point plan for Clapham Junction. In that time the popularity of this part of the borough as a residential area has continued to grow along with the pressure on local rail services.
The council's campaign to improve Clapham Junction has had a number of successes, not least the promise of a cross-town link to the East London Line at Surrey Quays which is due to open in time for the Olympics, however the biggest challenge is the condition of the station itself and its ability to provide a modern customer experience for the many thousands of local commuters who use it every day.
The council is playing its part by contributing towards the costs of a much-needed new entrance on St. John's Hill. We continue to work with the rail authorities and the Government to ensure this vital interchange attracts the large-scale investment it has been denied for so long.
Edward Lister - Leader of the Council
