Brixton railway station

Brixton
Brixton Location of Brixton in Greater London
Location	Brixton
Local authority	London Borough of Lambeth
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	BRX
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
OSI	Brixton [1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	1.228 million[2]
2019–20	1.132 million[2]
2020–21	0.299 million[2]
2021–22	0.646 million[2]
2022–23	0.704 million[2]
Railway companies
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
25 August 1862	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51°27′46″N 0°06′48″W / 51.4629°N 0.1132°W / 51.4629; -0.1132
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Brixton railway station is a

Brixton was opened as Brixton and South Stockwell on 25 August 1862 by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) to serve the affluent Victorian suburbs of South London.^[3] The initial service ran between Victoria and Herne Hill. Service was extended to a temporary terminus at Elephant and Castle on 6 October 1862 via a reversing move at Herne Hill. From 1 May 1863 services ran directly from Brixton to Camberwell via a curve at Loughborough Junction. Services were extended from Elephant and Castle to Blackfriars on 1 June 1894.^[4]

Services ran from

All services at Brixton are operated by Southeastern using Class 465 and 466 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[6]

• 2 tph to London Victoria
• 2 tph to Orpington via Bromley South

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between London Victoria and Orpington, increasing the service to 4 tph in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
London Victoria		Southeastern Bromley South Line		Herne Hill
	Historical railways
Clapham High Street Line and station open		London, Chatham and Dover Railway City Branch		Loughborough Junction Line open, platforms closed
		London, Chatham and Dover Railway Catford Loop Line		Denmark Hill Line and station open

Future Proposals

The

The line also passes through Loughborough Junction.^[7] Adding both stations to the route was excluded from the plan due to the prohibitive cost of building on the high viaducts at each location.^[8] The proposals drew criticism for not including new interchange stations at these locations.^[9][10] Until 1976 trains stopped at nearby East Brixton. It has been proposed that this disused station could be reopened instead as the site is close to both Brixton and Loughborough Junction.^[11][12]

Artworks

A number of colourful

• 
  Southeastern branded signs
• 
  Woman waiting at Brixton
• 
  Her male counterpart
• 
  The Mural
• 
  North entrance, cáfe closed
• 
  Networkers work the local trains.
• 
  Disused platform linking to the Catford Loop Line, with third statue
• 
  A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines through Brixton

Connections

v t e LC&DR's Metropolitan Extensions and neighbouring railway lines
Legend
To St Pancras Farringdon 1866 2009 Barbican Moorgate 1866 2009 1874 1990 Holborn Viaduct Holborn Viaduct (low) 1874 1916 Victoria City Thameslink 1867 1911 Grosvenor Road Ludgate Hill 1865 1929 Charing Cross Blackfriars River Thames 1867 1916 Battersea Park Road Blackfriars Bridge 1864 1964 Waterloo East London Bridge Vauxhall Waterloo To Clapham Jct Borough Road 1864 1907 Wandsworth Road Elephant & Castle Clapham High Street Walworth Road 1862 1916 Camberwell 1862 1916 Loughborough Junction Brixton Denmark Hill Catford Loop 1866 1976 East Brixton South London Line Herne Hill sidings 1885 1966 North Junction Herne Hill South Junction To Sutton Tulse Hill L. Bridge West Dulwich Chatham Main Line to Kent

See also

• Murder of Deborah Linsley – unsolved 1988 murder of a woman that occurred on a train travelling between Brixton and London Victoria

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brixton railway station.

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