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| Type: | Transport for London (Northern Line) |
| Station code: | ZBL |
| Opened: | 1926 |
| Platforms: | 2 |
Balham was opened by the City & South London Railway in 1926 [1] on it's Southern extension to Morden. Balham is in between Clapham South and Tooting Bec. In the Second World War Balham was badly damaged during a bombing raid in 1940 when a bomb exploded on the road above the station. This caused a partial tunnel collapse on the platform below. Over sixty people were killed (the station being used as a shelter) [2]. The station was re-opened within a few months.
The station has two surface buildings, designed by Charles Holden and built from Portland Stone as was common on the Underground in that period.
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| A Northern Line train in the station |
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| Station roundel |
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| View down the platform |
[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 100
[2] Mike Horne, The Northern Line (Capital Transport, 2009) p. 55
