Clapham Common ⇄ Oval Station

This journey is in zone 2 and it’s a direct train on the Northern line

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

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

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

Live status and delays

Strikes and station closures

First and last train times

Northern line timetable

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

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Clapham Common is not wheelchair accessible

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Clapham Common 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 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)

This journey is in zone 2 and it’s a direct train on the Northern line

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

Number of 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

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Clapham Common is not wheelchair accessible

Oval 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 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)