Brixton railway station
Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London station Brixton railway station is a commuter railway station in Brixton, South London, UK. It is on the Chatham Main Line, Template:Convert down the line from Template:Stn. 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 Template:Convert 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 Template:Rws and Template:Rws 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
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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.<ref name="stockwell-hist">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Services ran from Moorgate to London Victoria via Snow Hill (Holborn Viaduct), Camberwell New Road and Brixton and South Stockwell to Grosvenor Road, following the opening of the link northeastwards to Template:Rws via Template:Rws in 1864.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The station was also connected to the LC&DR's branch to Template:Rws via Template:Rws soon afterwards, with this section (via Template:Rws) becoming part of the modern-day Catford Loop Line.Template:Citation needed
The station is currently served only by trains on the main line towards Herne Hill.Template:Citation needed 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.Template:Citation needed
Services
All services at Brixton are operated by Southeastern using Template:Brc and Template:Brc EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref name=Dectt>Template:NRtimes</ref>
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On weekends, the service is reduced to two trains per hour in each direction.<ref name=Dectt/>
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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.<ref name="2010tubemap">Template:Cite web (map illustrating future development phases as proposed by TfL in 2006, subject to change) </ref>
The line also passes through Loughborough Junction.<ref name="2010tubemap"/> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The proposals drew criticism for not including new interchange stations at these locations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Until 1976 trains stopped at nearby Template:Rws. It has been proposed that this disused station could be reopened instead as the site is close to both Brixton and Loughborough Junction.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Cobb">Template:Cite web</ref>
Artworks
A number of colourful murals have been painted on the outside of the station. Inside the station, three bronze sculptures stand on the platforms. This work, Platforms Piece by Kevin Atherton, was erected in 1986 and the statues are life casts of three people - two black, one white - who regularly travelled from Brixton.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The statues, believed to be the first sculptures of black British people in a public place in the UK, were given Grade II listed status in November 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Gallery
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Southeastern branded signs
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Woman waiting at Brixton
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Her male counterpart
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The Mural
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North entrance, cáfe closed
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Networkers work the local trains.
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Disused platform linking to the Catford Loop Line, with third statue
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A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines through Brixton
Connections
Template:Metropolitan Extensions RDT London Buses routes 2, 3, 35, 37 (at Lambeth Town Hall); 45, 59, 109, 118, 133, 159, 196, 250, 322, 333, 345 (at Brixton Police Station), 355, 415, 432, 689, 690, P4, P5 and night routes N2, N3, N35, N109 and N133 serve the station.
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
Template:Commons category Template:Stn art lnk Template:Transport in London Template:TSGN and SE Stations
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- Railway stations in the London Borough of Lambeth
- Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- Brixton
- 1862 establishments in England
- Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Lambeth