Catford loop line

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Catford loop line
DC third rail
Operating speedMaximum 60 mph (97 km/h)
Route map

(Click to expand)
A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of the western end of the Catford loop line, showing how it connects with the South London line to rejoin the Chatham Main Line, thus creating the loop. Also note Loughboro Jct to access the City extension (now Thameslink).

The Catford loop line is a

Thamesport used the line - however, the opening of London Gateway
meant that the larger container ships stopped serving Thamesport and this traffic then ceased.

The line begins at Brixton Junction,[1][2] where it diverges from the Chatham Main Line, and ends when it rejoins the Chatham Main Line (now extended to pairs of fast and slow lines) at Shortlands Junction,[3][4] west of Shortlands station.

Stations

History

Incorporated as the Shortlands and Nunhead Railway in 1889 it was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway on 1 July 1892. The line left the former

Nunhead to Lewisham link (the former Greenwich Park branch) at a junction east of Nunhead
.

The five stations on the original route were:

The length of the Catford Loop is nearly eight miles (12.5 km).

The line was

Southern Railway
on its 660 DC third-rail system.

As of 12 January 2015, Southeastern operates an hourly service from London Victoria to Dover Priory over the line; Denmark Hill is the only station on the line called at by this service. All other services originate from London Blackfriars and Thameslink Core and call at all stations.

Services

The service in June 2022 is:

Off-peak / weekends:

  • 2tph London Blackfriars via Elephant and Castle
  • 2tph Kentish Town via Elephant and Castle (currently suspended)
  • 1tph London Victoria (calling only at Denmark Hill)
  • 2tph Sevenoaks via Swanley
  • 2tph Orpington (currently suspended)
  • 1tph Gillingham via Chatham (calling only at Denmark Hill)

Peak

  • 2tph Welwyn Garden City via Elephant and Castle
  • 2tph Luton via London Blackfriars
  • 2tph London Victoria (calling only at Denmark Hill)
  • 2tph Sevenoaks via Swanley
  • 2tph Orpington
  • 2tph Gillingham via Chatham (calling only at Denmark Hill + some at Crofton Park and Bellingham)

References

  1. ^ Quail Map 5 - England South [page 3] September 2002
  2. ^ Network Rail (April 2001). South Zone Sectional Appendix. Vol. Module SO. p. SO110 1/4. SO/SA/001A.
  3. ^ Quail Map 5 - England South [page 4] September 2002
  4. ^ Network Rail (April 2001). South Zone Sectional Appendix. Vol. Module SO. p. SO110 1/9. SO/SA/001A.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catford_loop_line&oldid=1222629528"