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Crystal Palace Line
standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC Third Rail
Operating speed60 mph (97 km/h) maximum
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The Crystal Palace Line

Beckenham Junction. The engineer's reference for this line is BBJ.[3]

Route

The line runs from Balham Junction on the

Mid-Kent Line and the Chatham Main Line where it terminates at Beckenham Junction
.

History

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines in South London, with the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway and Beckenham extension wending its way across the middle.

The first part of the line, between

London Brighton and South Coast Railway, and the section from Bromley Junction to Shortlands to the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, but the WEL&CPR continued to provide its own passenger services. The two halves were reunited in 1921 as part of the Southern Railway following enactment of the Grouping Act
.

Services

Beckenham Junction.[4]

The line also provides a diversionary route for

London Bridge – usually this is only in the peaks or during the night, but the Thameslink Programme engineering works have made it necessary for some Bedford to Brighton
services to take this route throughout the day. These generally do not stop at any of the stations on the line.

The section from Beckenham Junction to

Wimbledon
.

References

  1. ^ a b "The Kent Sussex Wessex Route Sectional Appendix; LOR SO689 Seq002" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b Railway Track Diagrams #5 - Southern & TFL. Quail Maps. February 1998. p. 4. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  3. ^ Quail/Trackmaps, volume 5
  4. ^ Railway Track Diagrams #5 - Southern & TFL. Quail Maps. February 1998. p. 4. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

Further reading

  • Jackson, A.A. (1978). London's Local Railways. David & Charles.
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