Loughborough Junction railway station
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Loughborough Junction | |
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The station entrance on 2 January 2007
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Location of Loughborough Junction in Greater London
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Location | Brixton |
Local authority | London Borough of Lambeth |
Managed by | Thameslink |
Station code | LGJ |
DfT category | E |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 2 |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2004–05 | 0.301 million[1] |
2005–06 | 0.317 million[1] |
2006–07 | 1.207 million[1] |
2007–08 | 0.924 million[1] |
2008–09 | 1.034 million[1] |
2009–10 | 0.931 million[1] |
2010–11 | 1.031 million[1] |
2011–12 | 1.126 million[1] |
2012–13 | 1.183 million[1] |
2013–14 | 1.386 million[1] |
Railway companies | |
Original company | London, Chatham and Dover Railway |
Key dates | |
Oct 1864 | Brixton spur platforms opened as "Loughborough Road". |
1 Dec 1872 | Main line and Cambria spur platforms opened. Station renamed "Loughborough Junction" |
14 March 1916 | Brixton spur platforms closed |
12 July 1925 | Cambria spur platforms closed |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
External links | |
London Transport portal UK Railways portalLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Loughborough Junction railway station is in Loughborough Junction, Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is between Elephant & Castle and Herne Hill stations and is served by Thameslink and at peak hours by Southeastern.
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History
In the 1860s the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) opened its City Branch to central London. The line remains in use; since 1990 it has been part of the Thameslink route.
In October 1864 the LCDR opened Loughborough Road station on the north-to-west Brixton spur which connects the City Branch to the original Chatham Main Line at Brixton station. On 1 December 1872 platforms were opened on the City branch and on the north-to-east spur (called the Cambria Road platforms and spur after nearby Cambria Road). The enlarged station was renamed Loughborough Junction. The Loughborough Road platforms closed permanently on 14 March 1916 as a wartime economy measure, by 1916 all LCDR City branch stations south of the Thames had been closed except Loughborough Junction and Elephant & Castle. Rationalisation of services in the Southern Railway's suburban electrification led to the closure of the Cambria platforms on 12 July 1925.
After nationalisation the station was part of the Southern Region of British Railways and, from 1986, Network SouthEast. Around 1990 the station became part of the Thameslink route.
Services
Since September 2014, the Thameslink line has been part of Thameslink and Great Northern. Most passenger services from Loughborough Junction run between Bedford and Sutton.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Elephant & Castle | Thameslink Thameslink |
Herne Hill | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Camberwell | South Eastern and Chatham Railway City Branch 1864-1916 |
Herne Hill |
Connections
London Buses routes 35, 45, 345, P4 and P5 and night route N35 serve the station.
Inner South London Line
December 2012
The Inner South London Line passes across the south end of Loughborough Junction station via a bridge but has never had platforms there. As part of phase 2 of the East London line extension project, this line is now part of the London Overground network operated by Transport for London. Completed on 9 December 2012, this extension connected the Inner South London Line to the East and West London Lines, allowing rail services to run across South London from Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction.[2] This creates an orbital network around Central London, fulfilling the Orbirail concept.[3]
The new route passes over both Loughborough Junction and Brixton stations,[2] and the proposals were criticised for not including new interchange stations at these locations.[4][5] No London Overground platforms are planned at Loughborough Junction as the line is on high railway arches, making the cost of any station construction prohibitive.[6]
See also
- Loughborough Junction - the area around the station
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (map illustrating future development phases as proposed by TfL in 2006, subject to change)
- ↑ Rail Express issue 154, March 2009
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Loughborough Junction railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Loughborough Junction railway station from National Rail
- Subterranea Britannica article - includes photographs and map of this station and Camberwell New Road station
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- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2
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- DfT Category E stations
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- Railway stations in Lambeth
- Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1864
- Thameslink railway stations
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- Brixton