Lewisham station
Lewisham | |
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Lewisham Location of Lewisham in Greater London | |
Location | Lewisham |
Local authority | London Borough of Lewisham |
Managed by |
Southeastern Docklands Light Railway |
Station code | LEW |
DfT category | C2 |
Number of platforms | 6 |
Accessible | Yes (DLR and 4 NR platforms) [1][2] |
Fare zone | 2 and 3 |
DLR annual boardings and alightings | |
2007–08 | 9.024 million[3] |
2008–09 | 8.837 million[3] |
2010–11 | 8.745 million[4] |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2004–05 | 4.071 million[5] |
2005–06 | 4.021 million[5] |
2006–07 | 5.841 million[5] |
2007–08 | 6.294 million[5] |
2008–09 | 6.261 million[5] |
2009–10 | 6.370 million[5] |
2010–11 | 7.019 million[5] |
2011–12 | 7.387 million[5] |
2012–13 | 8.192 million[5] |
2013–14 | 8.670 million[5] |
2014–15 | 9.218 million[5] |
Key dates | |
30 July 1849 | Opened |
1 January 1857 | Renamed (Lewisham Junction) |
7 July 1929 | Renamed (Lewisham) |
1999 | DLR extension |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
External links | |
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°27′55″N 0°00′48″W / 51.4653°N 0.0133°W |
Lewisham station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway station in Lewisham, south east London which first opened as Lewisham Junction New Station in 1857. It is on the south-east London commuter rail network operated by Southeastern.[6] Southeastern currently have posters up within the station stating that there will be partial demolition of the 1857 building to open up a waiting area with work being completed over ten weeks before September 2015.[7]
Station layout
There are four platforms for main-line trains: 1 and 2 on the North Kent Line, and 3 and 4 on a loop off the South Eastern Main Line (which are also known as the mid-Kent route). The former opened on 30 July 1849, the latter on 1 January 1857. The present station opened in 1857, when the Mid Kent line was added.
In 1929 large-scale remodelling of the junction was undertaken to enable cross-London freight traffic to be routed via Nunhead and Loughborough Junction. The new route utilised part of the former Greenwich Park branch and included a flyover. Some trains heading to/from London use the flyover and then descend via Tanners Hill Junction to rejoin the main line, using a reversible line which opened in 1976. This junction was further developed in 2012.
Platforms 5 and 6 are served by Docklands Light Railway trains to Bank and Stratford. The Docklands Light Railway station opened in 1999 following a southward extension from Island Gardens.
From December 2009, Lewisham was fitted with electric ticket gates, in line with the Government's new strategy to give all Greater London National Rail stations Oyster card accessibility and closing access to those who attempt to travel without tickets. This was controversial as it involved the closure of the gate on Platform 4 and led to a petition signed by over 1,000.[8]
British Transport Police also maintains a neighbourhood policing presence at Lewisham.[9]
Station History
The Station was built to enable interchange between the north Kent and mid Kent lines. The Mid Kent line was opened on 1 January 1857.[10] For a period Old Lewisham Station was also kept open [11]
The 1857 station is made of yellow stock brick with stone dressing and has an unusual survival of a wooden clapboard building at the back.The facade has a pleasing symmetry of three windows, three entrance doors, three windows. Sadly this is currently obscured by the placement of information screens and wiring. A closed Victorian post box is to the front of the station. Original doors sash windows skirting tiling and banisters are present inside. The original corniced ceiling of the main hall is currently concealed by a lowered fake ceiling. Platform 3 has kept its original canopy with its elaborate cast iron brackets which depict cherries. some of the original champfered wood and cast iron supports of the original canopy survive on platform 2 although it has been crudely extended width onto the front of the original canopy in the early 2Oth century.
The station has similarities with other listed stations built at around the same time such as the listed Ladywell railway station Blackheath station and Gravesend railway station which has the same elaborate cast iron supporting brackets as can be found at Lewisham.[12]
Shortly after the rebuilding of the station in its current form in 1857 a rail crash saw 12 die *Lewisham rail crash (1857). 100 years later another rail accident took place nearby Lewisham rail crash
The original canopy over platform 4 was demolished at some point post 1990.
The original canopy over the main entrance was demolished in 2009 at a cost of £790k [13] and replaced with a steel version.
Planned Bakerloo line service
Tfl is currently considering extending the Bakerloo line to Lewisham. Both line options stop at Lewisham. If progressed the station is currently expected to open in 2030.[14]
In its draft Kent Route Utilisation Strategy,[15] Network Rail mentions the possibility of extending the Bakerloo line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham, and then taking over the Hayes branch line. Network Rail states that this would free up six paths per hour into central London and so increasing capacity on the Tonbridge main line, which would also relieve the junctions around Lewisham. This would not be undertaken until after 2015.
Planned Jubilee line service
Lewisham tube station was planned to be built on the Jubilee line on the London Underground. Preliminary construction work was begun before the plan was delayed by lack of funds. Eventually the route was changed and the station cancelled.[16]
Services
Lewisham is the southern terminus of the DLR, the previous station being Elverson Road. It is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3 and is a major transport hub, with many buses passing through or terminating here.
There are a number of freight trains that are generally routed through platforms 3 and 4. In 2012 these include freightliner trains (Isle of Grain), gypsum (Hothfield), aggregates (Angerstein Wharf) and nuclear material (Dungeness).
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
Southeastern (National Rail)
Northbound;
- 4tph to London Charing Cross (Fast to Waterloo East)
- 8tph to London Cannon Street via London Bridge
- 2tph to London Victoria via Denmark Hill & Peckham Rye
Eastbound;
- 4tph to London Cannon Street via Sidcup or via Bexleyheath both returning via Greenwich
- 4thp to Dartford via Bexleyheath
- 2tph to Gillingham via Woolwich Arsenal
Southbound;
Docklands Light Railway
Northbound;
- 12tph to Bank via Greenwich, Canary Wharf and Limehouse
Destinations
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Southeastern trains operate to:
- St Johns, New Cross, London Bridge, Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street (some trains non-stop to London Bridge, with a limited number running non-stop to Waterloo East in the morning peak).
- Nunhead, Peckham Rye, Denmark Hill and Victoria
- Dartford via Woolwich Arsenal, Bexleyheath or Sidcup (some trains continue to Gillingham via Gravesend)
- Hayes via Catford Bridge
- Orpington via Grove Park (during the day, trains continue to Sevenoaks but generally do not call at Lewisham)
Docklands Light Railway trains operate to Canary Wharf, and continue onwards either to Bank or Stratford. At peak times or following service disruption, it is not unusual to see trains terminating at rather odd locations, such as All Saints or Gallions Reach.
Connections
London Buses routes 21, 47, 75, 89, 108, 136, 178, 180, 181, 185, 199, 208, 225, 261, 273, 284, 321, 380, 436, 484, P4 and 621 and night routes N21, N89, N136 and N199 serve the station.
References
- ↑ Tube Map
- ↑ Southeastern: Lewisham
- 1 2 "Boarders and Alighters by station 2007 8 2008 9 (DLR)" (XLS). Docklands Light Railway annual passenger performance 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. Transport for London. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑ "DLR Station Data for 1st April 2010 - 31st April 2011" (PDF). Docklands Light Railway annual passenger performance 2010-2011. Transport for London. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ↑ Southeastern -Station facilities: Lewisham
- ↑ https://twitter.com/JosephJODonnell/status/607822817829253120
- ↑ http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/11595822.Petition_to_re_open_Lewisham_station_gate_signed_by_1_152/
- ↑ British Transport Police, London South Area
- ↑ http://www.beckenhamhistory.co.uk/component/search/?searchphrase=all&searchword=railwaysinbeckenham
- ↑ http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Lewisham1857.pdf
- ↑ https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2874/9465026135_21b0fd7110_h.jpg
- ↑ http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/projects/nsip%20-%20project%20completion%20reports/southeastern%20railway/lewisham%20-%20november%202010.pdf
- ↑ https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/tube/bakerloo-extension
- ↑ , Network Rail - Kent Route Utilisation Strategy: Draft for Consultation (April 2009) at paragraph 10.8.2 p. 172
- ↑ Horne 2000, p. 36.
- Horne, Mike (2000). The Jubilee Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-220-8.
External links
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