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Location: 94 A24, London, England, United Kingdom.
Balham station:
Balham station consists of two adjacent stations (a London Underground station and a National Rail station) in the Balham area of south London, England. The station is on the A24 Balham High Road in the London Borough of Wandsworth, and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
The two stations are connected, though owned and operated separately with separate ticket-issuing facilities and gatelines.
History of Balham station:
The West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway opened a station named Balham Hill on 1 December 1856,[2] at which time the line ran from Crystal Palace to 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 Battersea Wharf. The station was resited by the LB&SCR to its present location in 1863 as part of works to widen the line, and improve the route between East Croydon and Victoria.[3] The new station was named Balham.[2] Further remodelling of the line was undertaken in 1890 and 1897 to increase capacity.[4] It was renamed Balham and Upper Tooting on 9 March 1927, reverting to Balham on 6 October 1969.
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