Clapham Junction

English thumb|Railway lines around Clapham Junction Pronunciation en /klæpəm d͡ʒʌŋkʃən/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-Clapham Junction.wav UK Proper noun Clapham Junction en rail en major rail transport hub in south-west city/London cc/England, which has the distinction of being the busiest railway station in Britain. en 1951 March M. D. Greville The Nomenclature of Railway Stations Railway Magazine 193 It has never been satisfactorily explained how Clapham Junction came by its name. It is in Mid-Battersea, and is so indicated in Bradshaw. The surrounding area in the London Borough of en Wandsworth OS grid ref TQ2775. Noun - en figurative Somewhere where many paths – either literal routes of travel or metaphorical lines – cross. en 1896 Grant Allen Under Sealed Orders: A Novel 49 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 . en 1948 The Lancet 114 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. en 1953 Investors Chronicle and Money Market Review The mouth of the Atlantic, between Ushant and the South of Ireland, is a Clapham Junction of the ocean trade routes. en 1967 New Society All these can be grasped in half an hour by those who want to understand more clearly this Clapham Junction of the sciences that we call the digital computer. en 2007 Miranda Miller Loving Mephistopheles Peter Owen Publishers Lizzie's face is a Clapham Junction of lines, wrinkles, shadows and tunnelling dirt.