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 The entrance to Nunhead station |
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| Location | Nunhead |
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| Local authority | Southwark |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | NHD |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Travelcard zone | 2 |
| NR 2004/5 usage | 0.444 million1 |
| NR 2005/6 usage | 0.425 million1 |
| NR 2006/7 usage | 0.800 million1 |
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| 1 September 1871 | Opened |
| 3 May 1925 | Resited north |
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| List of stations | Underground • National Rail |
| External links | Departures • Facilities |
Nunhead railway station is a railway station in the Nunhead area of the London Borough of Southwark. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.2 It is in Travelcard Zone 2.
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History
The station has been the junction for three separate lines. The original Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway line from Canterbury Road Junction, near Brixton to Crystal Palace (High Level) opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) on 1 August 1865. The line was built to take passengers to the Crystal Palace exhibition site: train services on the line ceased from 1917-1919 and from 1944-1946 for wartime economies. The line finally closed to all traffic on 20 September 1956.
The Catford Loop line was opened on 1 July 1892. It gave a second route out of London for the LCDR, and Nunhead thus became a three way junction. The Nunhead to Greenwich Park line was opened 1871 as far Blackheath Hill with the final stretch to Greenwich park opening in 1888. The whole branch was closed on 1 January 1917 for wartime economies.
In 1925, the lines in the area were electrified, and a new station at Nunhead was built on the London side of the original site. In 1929 cross-London freight services were re-routed to Hither Green, and a connection to Lewisham was built: passenger trains began to use that link from 1935. It is now used extensively.
Services
The typical off-peak service is:
- 2 trains per hour (tph) to London Blackfriars via Peckham Rye (Monday to Saturday)
- 2 tph to London Victoria via Peckham Rye
References
- ^ a b c Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Nunhead railway station from Office of Rail Regulation statistics
- ^ Southeastern - Station facilities: Nunhead
External links
- Train times and station information for Nunhead railway station from National Rail
- Nunhead railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Peckham Rye | Southeastern Nunhead to Lewisham link |
Lewisham | ||
| Southeastern Catford Loop Line |
Crofton Park | |||
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Peckham Rye | London, Chatham and Dover Railway Greenwich Park branch |
Brockley Lane | ||
| London, Chatham and Dover Railway Crystal Palace Branch |
Honor Oak | |||
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