East Brixton railway station
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East Brixton railway station was on the South London Line from London Victoria to London Bridge (London, England). Opened as Loughborough Park in 1866 then called Loughborough Park and Brixton from 1870, it was renamed East Brixton in in 1894. The station closed briefly in 1926.
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[edit] Buildings
The station consisted of two platforms with wooden buildings on a viaduct next to the bridge over Barrington Road, near Coldharbour Lane[1].
[edit] Decline and Closure
Over the years the station became progressively neglected, and lost passengers from 1971 when Brixton tube station, the southern terminus of the new Victoria Line, opened nearby. After a fire in 1975 the station closed, initially temporarily but trains did not call there again and the station closed officially on 5 January 1976. The station was demolished shortly after closure.[2]
[edit] Future
Nothing now remains of the station at track level: there are some arches and windows in the viaduct of the still used line. The option of building platforms at Brixton railway station on the same line was mooted but nothing has come of it.[3].
With the proposed extension to the East London Line running along the route, there have been suggestions that East Brixton station could re-open, as there has been considerable outcry over the fact that the extension is not planning a stop at Loughborough Junction or Brixton railway station while the old East Brixton stations sits almost exactly in the middle of the two and could provide a form of interchange with the Victoria Line and Thameslink.
Although the station was closed and demolished, there is still space to re-open it.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Clapham High Street | Southern South London Line (Inner) |
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[edit] Further reading
- R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1
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