Oval tube station

Oval is an underground station of the London Underground in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 2, close to the busy junction of Kennington Park Road, Clapham Road, Camberwell New Road and Harleyford Road. Here courses of the Northern Line. In 2011, 5.85 million passengers used the station. It is named after the nearby cricket ground The Oval.

Was opened the station on 18 December 1890 as part of the first section of the City and South London Railway (now the Northern Line ), the first electrically powered subway in the world. From 28 November 1923 to 1 December 1924, the station was locked. To increase the capacity you then advanced the tunnel profile and replaced the central platform by two side platforms. Similarly, one replaced the original station building with a new building.

Oval is one of those stations that target the failed terrorist attacks of 21 July 2005 were; However, the explosive charge of the suicide bomber did not ignite. As part of a renovation of the station building was awarded in 2007 / 08 new decorative wall tiles, where cricketers are seen in different poses.

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