Herne Hill railway station

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Herne Hill
Herne Hill
Location
Place Herne Hill
Local authority London Borough of Lambeth
Operations
Managed by Southeastern
Platforms in use 4
National Rail
Station code HNH
Annual entry/exit
1.636 million *
Transport for London
Zone 2 and 3
History
Key dates Opened 1862
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Herne Hill railway station is a railway station situated in Herne Hill in the London Borough of Lambeth, south London, England. It is located at grid reference TQ319744.

The station is above road level near the junction of five main roads. It is between Railton Road and Milkwood Road. There is no entrance in Milkwood Road, but there is a corridor between the two roads, from which it is possible to enter the station. There is a bus stop in front of the station entrance. There are four platforms.

For many years, there was a large chip (still?) missing from one of the slabs forming the edge of platform 3. This was not the result of damage occurring after the slab was installed. Instead, it was there because the workmen involved chose to install a slab that was already chipped.

The original brick buildings at street level, with arched window decoration, are still a feature. The more modern buildings on the two island platforms provide faces to the main lines and the Up and Down passenger loops. The platform on the Up side includes a coffee bar and waiting room for connecting passengers; there are fewer facilities on the Down side.

There is a flat junction at each end of the station; Herne Hill North Junction, where the lines to Loughborough Junction and Brixton diverge, and Herne Hill South Junction, where the lines to West Dulwich and Tulse Hill diverge.

The station was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, as part of its main access route to London Victoria station, on 25 August 1862. Today the station is served by South Eastern Trains to south east London and Kent and by First Capital Connect trains from Luton to Wimbledon via Sutton. Until some time in the First World war, some main line trains were divided and joined at Herne Hill.

There have been rumours that the Victoria Line may be extended to Herne Hill to provide faster turnaround at the southern end of the line.[citation needed]

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Loughborough
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