Brixton railway station
Brixton railway station is a commuter railway station in Brixton, South London, UK. It is on the Chatham Main Line, down the line from. Trains are operated by Southeastern. The typical service is one train every 15 minutes in both directions, from Victoria to Orpington via Bromley South.
It is about north of Brixton Underground station, high above ground level on a railway bridge that can be seen from the tube station. Access is from Atlantic Road via staircases. It is also a busy junction, with the Catford Loop via and leaving the Chatham Main Line immediately west of the station, though there are currently only platforms on the Chatham Main Line. The South London line crosses above the east end of the platforms, without stopping nearby.
History
Brixton was opened as Brixton and South Stockwell on 25 August 1862 by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway to serve the affluent Victorian suburbs of South London. 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.Services ran from Moorgate to London Victoria via Snow Hill, Camberwell New Road and Brixton and South Stockwell to Grosvenor Road, following the opening of the link northeastwards to via in 1864. The station was also connected to the LC&DR's branch to via soon afterwards, with this section becoming part of the modern-day Catford Loop Line.
The station is currently served only by trains on the main line towards Herne Hill. The Denmark Hill line platforms were closed in April 1916 as a wartime economy measure and have been demolished except for a short section of the up platform. However, the line itself remains in regular and frequent use by both freight and passenger services.
Services
All services at Brixton are operated by Southeastern using and EMUs.The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
- 4 tph to
- 4 tph to via
Future Proposals
The London Overground network passes above the station without stopping. This segment of the South London Line became part of the network as the second phase of the East London line extension project. Completed in December 2012, the extension connected the South London Line to the East and West London Lines, from Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction.The line also passes through Loughborough Junction. 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. The proposals drew criticism for not including new interchange stations at these locations. Until 1976 trains stopped at nearby. It has been proposed that this disused station could be reopened instead as the site is close to both Brixton and Loughborough Junction.