The Anonymous Widower

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 AnonW | Design, Transport/Travel | Clapham Junction Station, Dalston Junction, London Overground, Olympia Exhibition Centre, Platform 0 At Clapham Junction Station, South London Line, Stratford Station