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Greenwich Park branch line
(Lewisham line)
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The Greenwich Park branch line (also known as the Lewisham line[1][2]) is a short section of railway line in south east

South East London and Kent
.

History

The line was originally built as the Greenwich Park branch line by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway from Nunhead to a terminus at Greenwich Park. It ran from a junction at Nunhead in a generally north-east direction to a terminus on the Greenwich High Road, close to the north-west corner of Greenwich Park, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km). A short tunnel took the branch under the A2 at Blackheath Hill. The entrance to Brockley Lane station is still visible at Brockley Cross.

There were four stations:

All closed on 1 January 1917, and the branch beyond Lewisham Road was abandoned on 1 January 1926 by the

Southern Railway
.

Creating the link

On 7 July 1929, the branch was reopened as far as

Bexleyheath Line
).

It has acted as a diversionary route for trains routed to London Bridge for any engineering works in the New Cross area. Trains divert to other London terminals (stations) using this line.

Possible revival of Brockley Lane station

A report released by the Department for Transport and Transport for London in 2016 covering future improvements to rail services in London and the South East mentions a new interchange at Brockley as a potential, long-term future improvement for South East London, opening the possibility of Brockley Lane station being reopened, although there is no further information beyond this.[4]

Current traffic

Passenger services are provided by Southeastern. Currently the off-peak service is 2tph between London Victoria and Gravesend via Bexleyheath (terminating at Dartford late at night).

Freightliner Intermodal[5] operates regular container trains to Thamesport on the Isle of Grain.

DB Cargo UK runs engineering trains to Hoo Junction.

References

  1. ^ "Kent Sussex & Wessex Sectional Appendix; LOR SO260 Seq 003" (pdf). Network Rail. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. ISBN 0-906520-81-9
    .
  3. ^ "Electric Railways". Stendec Systems. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
  4. ^ "A new approach to rail passenger services in London and the South East" (PDF). Department for Transport, Transport for London. January 2016.
  5. ^ "Intermodal Services". Freightliner. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.
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