Colliers Wood tube station
Colliers Wood 
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The station entrance
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 Colliers Wood
Location of Colliers Wood in Greater London
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| 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 | |
| 2012 |
 5.68 million |
| 2013 |
5.79 million |
| 2014 |
6.31 million |
| 2015 |
6.52 million |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | City and South London Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 13 September 1926 | Opened |
| Listed status | |
| Listing grade | II |
| Entry number | 1080925 |
| Added to list | 25 June 1987 |
| Other information | |
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| WGS84 | 51°25′06″N 0°10′41″W / 51.4183°N 0.178°WCoordinates: 51°25′06″N 0°10′41″W / 51.4183°N 0.178°W |
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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.
The station was opened on 13 September 1926 as part of the Morden extension of the City & South London Railway south from Clapham Common.
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. 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. 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.
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.
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