Chalk Farm tube station
{{short description|London Underground station}}
{{for|the closed railway station formerly known as Chalk Farm|Primrose Hill railway station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox London station
| name = Chalk Farm
| symbol = underground
| manager = London Underground
| locale = Chalk Farm
| borough = London Borough of Camden
| platforms = 2
| fare_zone = 2
| image_name = Chalk Farm tube station, March 2021.jpg
| caption = The station building on Adelaide Road in 2021
| coordinates = {{coord|51|32|39|N|0|09|12|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title|format=dec}}
| original = Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
| years1 = 22 June 1907
| events1 = Station opened
| listing_grade =II
| listing_entry=1401028
| listing_start={{Start date and age|df=y|2011|7|20}}
| listing_reference={{National Heritage List for England |num=1401028|desc=Chalk Farm Underground Station |accessdate=3 April 2015}}
}}
Chalk Farm is a London Underground station near Camden Town in the London Borough of Camden. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line between Belsize Park and Camden Town 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 Charing Cross, with extensions to Edgware and Kennington 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 Clapham Common, extending to Morden 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 listed building.{{NHLE|num=1401028|desc=Chalk Farm Underground Station|grade=II|access-date=21 April 2024}}
Connections
Gallery
{{commons category|Chalk Farm tube station}}
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|Roundel on northbound platform
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
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External links
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- [https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
- {{LTM archive|1998-24300|Station exterior before opening, early 1907}}
- {{LTM archive|1998-61913|Ticket hall, 1907}}
{{Adjacent stations|system=London Underground|line=Northern|left=Belsize Park|right=Camden Town|type=Edgware}}
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Category:Northern line stations
Category:Tube stations in the London Borough of Camden
Category:Former Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1907
Category:Leslie Green railway stations
Category:Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden