Brockley railway station

Brockley station's platforms covered in snow after a stormy night, December 2022

The station after a night of heavy snowfall, facing southbound from platform 2.

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View of the station facing north in 2012

Brockley is a station on the main railway line between Template:Stl and Brighton, Template:Miles-chains down the line from London Bridge. It is in London fare zone 2. It is served by suburban services of London Overground (Windrush line) and National Rail (Southern). It is located in Brockley in south-east London.

History

The line was part of the London and Croydon Railway which opened in 1839. The station was opened on 6 March 1871. The station was demolished in the 1970s. Today's buildings are largely early 1970s design. The platforms are only located on the outer, Slow lines, since the station is only served by London Overground trains between Highbury and Islington and West Croydon or Crystal Palace, local trains between London Bridge and Coulsdon Town and by the London Bridge to London Victoria loop line via Crystal Palace, plus some London Bridge to Guildford and Dorking in peak times.

Adjacent to Brockley station was sited Template:Stnlink station which closed to passengers in 1917 with the original London, Chatham and Dover Railway branch to Greenwich Park. The connection of that line to Lewisham is a later development. The possibility of opening platforms on this line with direct access to Victoria Station and the Bexleyheath Line to Dartford has often been suggested.

Crofton Park, on the Template:Stl to Sevenoaks line, and which also runs from Nunhead, is a mile to the south. Neither of these other lines has a physical connection with Brockley station, despite the trains running over the station. The next station to the north is New Cross Gate, and the next station to the south is Honor Oak Park.

Brockley forms part of the new southbound extension of the East London line (now the Windrush line) that opened on 23 May 2010 and forms part of the London Overground network. Ticket barriers were installed at this time.

A proposal to create a new Brockley Interchange, linking the existing station to the Nunhead to Lewisham line with new platforms at the former Brockley Lane station, is included in the London Borough of Lewisham's 2019–2041 transport strategy. The document gives an approximate date of 2030 and states that funding from TfL and Network Rail would be needed for the project. The document states that TFL is to provide an estimated cost.

Services

Brockley is on the Windrush line of the London Overground, with services operated using Template:Brc EMUs. Additional services are operated by Southern using Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 2 tph to Template:Stn
• 8 tph to Template:Stn via Surrey Quays (Windrush line)
• 2 tph to Template:Stn via Streatham Hill
• 4 tph to Crystal Palace (Windrush line)
• 4 tph to Template:Stn (Windrush line)

The station is also served by a single early morning and late evening service to Template:Stn via Norwood Junction, with the early morning service continuing to Tattenham Corner and Caterham.

Connections

London Buses routes 171, 172, 484 and night route N171 serve the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Brockley railway station from National Rail