Chalk Farm tube station

Chalk Farm station stands at the corner where Haverstock Hill meets Adelaide Road in north London. It serves the Edgware branch of the Northern line between Belsize Park and Camden Town. In 2011 the station handled nearly five million passenger movements, making it one of the busiest on that branch. The building was designed by Leslie Green for the Underground Electric Railways Company and opened in June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. In 1908 the station received its distinctive ‘UndergrounD’ lettering as part of a new signing scheme. The station’s narrow wedge-shaped frontage is the longest of any Leslie Green design. Its lift shafts descend only 21 ft, the shallowest on the network. After refurbishment by Tube Lines in 2005 the building was awarded Grade II listed status. In 1924 the City and South London Railway joined the Charing Cross branch at Camden Town, allowing trains to run through to Clapham Common and on to Morden by 1926. Local buses 1, 31 and 393 stop outside, alongside night routes N5, N28 and N31. Inside, the ticket hall retains its original 1907 appearance. Above ground, the intersection of Haverstock Hill and Adelaide Road forms the heart of the Chalk Farm neighbourhood. The station’s front cover appeared on Madness’s 1980 album Absolutely. Scenes from the 1988 film Just Ask for Diamond were shot above the platforms.