Clapham Common ⇄ Oval Station | Tube Journey, Train Times & Fares

The journey from Clapham Common to Oval is in fare zone 2 and it’s a direct train on the Northern tube line

1. From Clapham Common take the Northern Line
2. Leave the train at Oval

Number of tube stops: 3 · Journey time: Approx 8 mins

Stations on the route: Clapham Common ➜ Clapham North ➜ Stockwell ➜ Oval

London Underground tube delays

Strikes and station closures

First and last train times on the Northern line

Tube times for the Northern line

Alternative routes include Clapham Common to Vauxhall, Clapham Common to Kennington and Clapham Common to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators to the station platforms

Clapham Common station is not wheelchair accessible

Oval station is not wheelchair accessible

Clapham Common station entrance – You must use two flights of stairs between the entrance and the booking hall (17 steps down +8 steps down from the Clapham Common/​Clapham Park Road entrance, 9 steps down +15 steps down from the Clapham High Street entrance, or 7 steps down +15 steps down from The Pavement entrance). After that there̱s an escalator (or 5x14 steps down) plus a flight of stairs down to the platforms (19 steps down)

Oval station exit – There’s an escalator from the northbound platform to the exit, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs from the southbound platform (21 steps up). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (4 steps down +28 steps up +2x26 steps up +20 steps up)

The journey from Oval to Clapham Common is in fare zone 2 and it’s a direct train on the Northern tube line

1. From Oval take the Northern Line
2. Leave the train at Clapham Common

Number of tube stops: 3 · Journey time: Approx 8 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Stockwell ➜ Clapham North ➜ Clapham Common

Alternative routes include Oval to Vauxhall, Oval to Kennington and Oval to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators to the station platforms

Oval train station is not wheelchair accessible

Clapham Common station is not wheelchair accessible

Oval station entrance – There’s an escalator between the entrance and the northbound platform, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs to the southbound platform (21 steps down). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (20 steps down +2x26 steps down +28 steps down +4 steps up)

Clapham Common station exit – There’s an escalator (or 5x14 steps up) plus a flight of stairs from the platforms to the booking hall (19 steps up). After that there’s another two flights of stairs from the booking hall to the exit (8 steps up +17 steps up to the Clapham Common/​Clapham Park Road exit, 15 steps up +9 steps up to the Clapham High Street exit, or 15 steps up +7 steps up to The Pavement exit)