Clapham Junction

Definitions

1. 1

   A major rail transport hub in south-west London, England, which has the distinction of…

   A major rail transport hub in south-west London, England, which has the distinction of being the busiest railway station in Britain.

   • It has never been satisfactorily explained how Clapham Junction came by its name. It is in Mid-Battersea, and is so indicated in Bradshaw.
2. 2

   The surrounding area in the London Borough of Wandsworth (OS grid ref TQ2775).

3. 3

   Somewhere where many paths – either literal routes of travel or metaphorical lines –…

   Somewhere where many paths – either literal routes of travel or metaphorical lines – cross.

   • When they had reached this Clapham Junction of the local highway system, Mr. Hayward halted a moment in doubt , and pointed ahead inquiringly to one out of the three main routes that branched off in various directions .
   • Dr. F. W. BUNTING favours more rigid isolation of actual cases and avoidance of large assemblies - particularly children's film matinées which he described as a Clapham Junction for virus dissemination.
   • The mouth of the Atlantic, between Ushant and the South of Ireland, is a Clapham Junction of the ocean trade routes.

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