Future
The station is to be incorporated into London Overground under phase 2 of the extended East London Line. Mayor Boris Johnson announced the go-ahead for the extension on 16 February 2009. The new London Overground service will open on 9 December 2012, connecting Clapham Junction with Highbury & Islington, replacing the existing South London Line service.
Clapham High Street will lose its direct services to both London Bridge and London Victoria. Lobbying is currently underway to run two ELLX trains to Victoria weekdays at peak times, or to insert calls both here and at Wandsworth Road for South Eastern Trains services from Victoria to Dartford which currently pass through the station but do not stop. From 12 December 2012, one morning and one evening South Eastern Trains service will connect Clapham High Street to Victoria.
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