Stockwell (London Underground)
Stockwell is an underground station on the London Underground in the London Borough of Lambeth . It is in the Travelcard tariff zone 2 at the busy intersection of Clapham Road, Lambeth Road and Stockwell Road. The trains of the Northern Line and the Victoria Line cross here on two levels . In 2013, 9.42 million passengers used the station.
history
Stockwell was the southern terminus of the first section of the City and South London Railway (C & SLR, now Northern Line), the world's first electrically operated underground railway. The official opening took place here on December 18, 1890 by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII ). At that time the station had a central platform with tracks on both sides. The other terminus was King William Street , but it was closed ten years later. On June 3, 1900, the line was extended from Stockwell south to Clapham Common .
From November 28, 1923 to December 1, 1924, the station was closed for renovation work, and the tunnel profile was expanded to increase capacity. In place of the central platform, two separate platforms were built a little further south. A new station building was built on the surface according to plans by the architect TP Figgis. With a view to the opening of the Victoria Line on July 23, 1971, two new tubes were built parallel to the Northern Line tubes to enable transfers to be made on the same platform. The station building was demolished and replaced by a rather inconspicuous new building, which is dominated by a ventilation shaft.
On July 22, 2005, plainclothes police shot dead the Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes, who lived in London . This happened one day after the failed terrorist attacks on July 21st . It later emerged that Menezes had nothing to do with the attacks. A mosaic next to the entrance commemorates the fatal incident.
Depot and air raid shelter
Immediately to the north of the station branched off a small tunnel that is now walled up. It led to the nearby Stockwell Depot and workshop. Through the tunnel, which is more than 2.8 percent steep, the vehicles were pulled to the surface with a steam-powered chain winch until 1905, after which a hydraulic elevator was used. The depot and the elevator were closed in 1923. Until 1915, Stockwell also had a small power station.
Stockwell is one of eight London Underground stations that were converted into air raid shelters during World War II . About 1,600 people were able to get to safety in an air raid on London . Access was through both the station and two separate entrances at the intersection of South Lambeth Road and Clapham Road and Studham Road. The facility was completed in September 1942, then used for government purposes and opened for public use in 1944. After the war, the bunker served as troop accommodation and is now used as an archive.
Web links
- Photo of the grand opening of the original station building (1890)
- Photo of the newly built station building (1924)
- Photo of the station building after the renovation (1974)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ Northern Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 25, 2013 .
- ^ Victoria Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Shot Brazilian: Fatal suspicion for no reason. Spiegel Online, August 15, 2005, accessed January 25, 2013 .
- ^ Christian Wolmar : he Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever . Atlantic Books, London 2005, ISBN 1-84354-023-1 , pp. 134 .
- ↑ Stockwell: Deep Level Shelter. Subterranea Britannica, accessed January 25, 2013 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 20.5 ″ N , 0 ° 7 ′ 20.7 ″ W.