The Anonymous Widower

Is This The Fastest Way To Olympia?

The new Olympia Exhibition Centre is difficult to get to. Or it certainly is for me in East London.

I do have a train from my local station at Dalston Kingsland direct to Kensington (Olympia) station.

But as I indicated in Kensington (Olympia) Station – 16th June 2026, Kensington (Olympia) station doesn’t have lifts.

But lifts aren’t needed at Kensington (Olympia) station, if you use the bay platform of the District Line or the Northbound West London Line, as both platforms are level access.

As the District Line only runs occasionally, that’s not much use, but the West London Line has three stations to the South.

  • Clapham Junction is good if you’re coming by National Rail, but it doesn’t have an Underground connection.
  • Imperial Wharf serves mainly the local housing, but it is only a 250 yard walk to the River bus at Chelsea Harbour Pier.
  • West Brompton is an interchange with the District Line with trains to Barking, Edgware Road and Wimbledon.

I wouldn’t be surprised that as more people visit Olympia, they will go via West Brompton.

June 18, 2026 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Clapham Junction Station – Platform 0 – 18th June 2026

As I passed through Clapham Junction station, I took these pictures of Platform 0.

 

Note.

  1. Platform 0 has the red brackets along the back.
  2. Platform 1 has the Class 378 train for Stratford parked in it.
  3. There is a useful Costa Coffee, with a waiting room behind it on the platform.

Little seems to have changed since I wrote Barriers And Planters On The London Overground Platforms At Clapham Junction Station, except that the barriers and planters have been removed.

A Simple Way The Overground Could Operate

Surely, if Stratford trains used Platform 1 as they do now and Dalston Junction trains used the new Platform 0 would enable a much faster interchange between the two halves of the South London Line.

This OpenRailwayMap shows some platforms at Clapham Junction station.

Note.

  1. The orange tracks are generally tracks in platforms.
  2. The blue dots are platform numbers.
  3. The top orange line in Platform 1.
  4. The dotted line will be Platform 0.

I suspect that with a few extra junctions, the two halves of the South London Line could access the opposide sides of the island platform 0 and 1.

It would certainly speed up passengers on their way between East London and the Olympia Exhibition Centre.

 

June 18, 2026 Posted by | Design, Transport/Travel | , , , , , , | Leave a comment