Clapham Junction

Clapham Junction
a railway station in south London, England. It is the busiest station in Britain, with about 2 200 trains passing through it each day. Thirty-five people were killed in a train crash there in 1988. People sometimes use ‘Clapham Junction’ to describe a place that is crowded and busy:

We’ve got builders in this week and the house is like Clapham Junction.

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  • Clapham Junction (Malta) — Verzweigungen der Schleifspuren Die Clapham Junction, auch bekannt als Misraћ Gћar il Kbir, ist eine Anhäufung prähistorischer Schleifspuren im Süden der Insel Malta. Entstehungsgeschichte und Bedeutung der Spuren sind umstritten. Im Allgemeinen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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