Colliers Wood tube station

Colliers Wood
The station entrance
Colliers Wood Location of Colliers Wood in Greater London
Location	Colliers Wood
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	6.84 million[1]
2020	3.67 million[2]
2021	3.02 million[3]
2022	4.99 million[4]
2023	5.34 million[5]
Railway companies
Original company	City and South London Railway
Key dates
13 September 1926	Opened
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1080925[6]
Added to list	25 June 1987; 37 years ago (1987-06-25)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51.4183°N 0.178°W / 51.4183; -0.178
London transport portal

Colliers Wood is a London Underground station in South London. The station is on the Northern line, between Tooting Broadway and South Wimbledon stations. It is located at the corner of Merton High Street (A24) and Christchurch Road. The station is in Travelcard Zone 3.

History

The station was opened on 13 September 1926 as part of the Morden extension of the City & South London Railway south from Clapham Common.^[7]

Along with the other stations on the Morden extension, the building was designed by architect Charles Holden. They were Holden's first major project for the Underground.^[8] He was selected by Frank Pick, general manager of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL), to design the stations after he was dissatisfied with designs produced by the UERL's own architect, Stanley Heaps.^[9] Built with a shop to each side, the modernist design takes the form of a double-height three-sided box clad in white Portland stone with a three-part glazed screen on the front façade divided by columns of which the capitals are three-dimensional versions of the Underground roundel. The central panel of the screen contains a large version of the roundel. The station is a Grade II listed building.^{[6][note 1]}

The station is close to Merton Bus garage which opened in 1913. The public house across the road is named "The Charles Holden" in honour of the station's architect.^[12]

Connections

London Buses routes 57, 131, 152, 200, 219, 470 and night route N155 serve the station.^[13]

Gallery

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  Northbound platform looking south
• 
  Southbound platform looking north
• 
  Station platform roundel
• 
  exterior view
• 
  exterior view

Notes and references

Notes

1. Holden's other stations on the Morden extension at Clapham South, Balham, Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway and South Wimbledon are also listed Grade II.^[10][11]

References

1. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
6. Historic England. "Colliers Wood London Regional Transport Station (1080925)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
7. Day, John R; Reed, John (2010) [1963]. The Story of London's Underground (11th ed.). Capital Transport. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-85414-341-9.
8. Martin, Andrew (2013) [2012]. Underground Overground. Profile Books. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-84668-478-4.
9. Orsini, Fiona (2010). Underground Journeys: Charles Holden's designs for London Transport (PDF). V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
10. "Listed buildings and borough history". Wandsworth London Borough Council. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
11. Listed Buildings: A Guide for Owners (PDF) (Report). Merton London Borough Council. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
12. "The Charles Holden". The New Pub Company. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
13. "Buses from Colliers Wood and Merton Abbey" (PDF). TfL. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Construction of escalators at Colliers Wood, 1926
  • Colliers Wood station, 1927
  • View along Platform, 1934
  • Colliers Wood station, 2001

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Tooting Broadway towards Edgware, High Barnet or Mill Hill East		Northern line Morden branch		South Wimbledon towards Morden