Chalk Farm is a

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station near

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in the

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. It is on the Edgware branch of the

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between Belsize Park and

stations. For ticketing purposes, Chalk Farm falls in Travelcard Zone 2. With slightly under five million entries and exits in 2011, Chalk Farm is one of the busiest stations on the Edgware branch of the Northern line.

History

The station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR). Trains originally operated between Golders Green and

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, with extensions to

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and

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in 1923–24 and 1926, respectively. All trains ran via the Charing Cross branch. As part of a comprehensive signing scheme, the 'UndergrounD' lettering was added in 1908. With the subsequent extension of the City and South London Railway (C&SLR) to Camden Town in 1924, the CCE&HR and C&SLR were joined, allowing through running on the Bank branch and service as far south as

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, extending to

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in 1926.

Station layout

Chalk Farm station lies at the intersection of Haverstock Hill (the northern extension of Chalk Farm Road) and Adelaide Road, which create an angular intersection that forms the centre of the neighbourhood of the same name.

Architecture

Chalk Farm's narrow, wedge-shaped station building gives it the longest frontage of any of the stations designed by architect Leslie Green for the three tube lines owned by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London and opened in 1906 and 1907. It also has the shallowest lift shafts of any Underground station (21 ft). Station refurbishment by Tube Lines was completed in 2005. The station is a Grade II

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Connections

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routes 1, 31, 393 and night routes N5, N28 and N31 serve the station.

Gallery

File:Chalk Farm tube station.jpg, Haverstock Hill elevation File:Chalk Farm stn southbound look north.JPG, Southbound platform looking north File:Chalk Farm stn northbound look south.JPG, Northbound platform looking south File:Chalk Farm stn roundel.JPG, Station roundel

In popular culture

London ska/pop band Madness posed outside of Chalk Farm tube station for the covers of their no. 2 UK hit album ''Absolutely'' and no. 3 UK single Baggy Trousers.

References

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
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