Spa Road railway station

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A map from 1915 showing the location of the station

Spa Road station was the original terminus of London's first railway, the London and Greenwich Railway. It opened on 8 February 1836, with the other end of the line terminating at Deptford. The extension to London Bridge opened on 14 December 1836, while the extension from Deptford to Greenwich didn't open until 12 April 1840. The station was re-sited in 1842, and renamed Spa Road & Bermondsey in October 1877.

The station was closed on March 15, 1915, by which time the railway it served was know as the South Eastern and Chatham Railway.

The old platforms can still be seen from trains passing between Deptford / New Cross & London Bridge.

The station, while obviously closed to the public, still exists today. On January 8, 1999, following the Spa Road train crash, a number of people had to be evacuated through the old station. The ticket office is still present, and there is an old tiled floor.