Balham railway station
Balham  
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Balham station exterior
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 Balham
Location of Balham in Greater London
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| Location | Balham |
| Local authority | London Borough of Wandsworth |
| Managed by |
Southern London Underground |
| Owner |
Network Rail London Underground |
| Station code | BAL |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 4 (National Rail) 2 (Underground) |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 11.90 million |
| 2013 |
12.05 million |
| 2014 |
13.47 million |
| 2015 |
14.18 million |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
6.464 million |
| – interchange |
0.384 million |
| 2012–13 |
6.785 million |
| – interchange |
 0.360 million |
| 2013–14 |
6.916 million |
| – interchange |
0.353 million |
| 2014–15 |
7.644 million |
| – interchange |
0.372 million |
| 2015–16 |
10.115 million |
| – interchange |
0.451 million |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company |
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (National Rail) City and South London Railway (London Underground) |
| Pre-grouping | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1856 | first station opened as Balham Hill |
| 1863 | present station opened (LB&SCR) |
| 1926 | Opened (C&SLR) |
| 1940 | Closed for repairs (Underground) |
| 1941 | Reopened (Underground) |
| Listed status | |
| Listing grade | II (Underground station) |
| Entry number | 1225887 |
| Added to list | 16 June 1987 |
| Other information | |
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| WGS84 | 51°26′33″N 0°09′07″W / 51.4426°N 0.152°WCoordinates: 51°26′33″N 0°09′07″W / 51.4426°N 0.152°W |
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Balham is an interchange station consisting of adjacent London Underground and National Rail stations in Balham in the London Borough of Wandsworth, south London, England. The station is at the junction of Balham High Road (A24), Chestnut Grove and Balham Station Road. It is in Travelcard Zone 3. The two stations are connected, though owned and operated separately with separate ticket-issuing facilities and gatelines.
The National Rail station is on the Brighton Main Line, four stops from London Victoria. Although on a north-south route, the tracks pass through Balham on an approximately east-west axis, with Victoria towards the west. The station is managed by Southern. The platforms are on an embankment between bridges over Balham High Road and Bedford Hill. Access to the platforms is via an underpass beneath them. There are four tracks and four platforms, although platforms 3 and 4 are used only in emergencies. The station is between Wandsworth Common and either Streatham Hill, Streatham Common or Mitcham Eastfields.
The West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway opened a station named Balham Hill on 1 December 1856, at which time the line ran between Crystal Palace and Wandsworth Common. From the outset the line was worked by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, which purchased the line in 1859 after it had been extended to Pimlico.
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