It was situated on Loampit Hill, very close to the present-day St. Johns station. Although the branch line was intended to rival the South Eastern Railway's line through Greenwich it was probably the competition from this which contributed to the low use of the LCDR's branch, which closed in 1917 as a wartime economy measure. The line through the station was reopened for freight traffic in 1929 and passengers in 1935 to a new connecting spur via a flyover to Lewisham.
The station building remains today as a salvage shop; the platforms have been removed but some structures remain at this level on the London-bound side. To the east of the station beyond the spur to Lewisham most traces of the branch have been removed and extensively built over, but a short stretch of embankment forms part of Brookmill Road Nature Reserve just to the north of the spur.[1]
An application to demolish the building and replace it with a three-storey mixed commercial/private residential development was rejected in 2019.[2]
Referencesedit
^Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Lewisham Road Station
^"Planning". lewisham.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
lewisham, road, railway, station, lewisham, road, railway, station, lewisham, south, east, london, opened, 1871, london, chatham, dover, railway, lcdr, branch, line, from, nunhead, greenwich, park, lewisham, roadthe, site, station, 2018locationlewishamownerlon. Lewisham Road was a railway station in Lewisham south east London opened in 1871 by the London Chatham and Dover Railway LCDR on a branch line from Nunhead to Greenwich Park Lewisham RoadThe site of the station in 2018LocationLewishamOwnerLondon Chatham and Dover RailwayNumber of platforms2Key dates18 September 1871 1871 09 18 Opened1 January 1917 1917 01 01 ClosedOther information London transport portalIt was situated on Loampit Hill very close to the present day St Johns station Although the branch line was intended to rival the South Eastern Railway s line through Greenwich it was probably the competition from this which contributed to the low use of the LCDR s branch which closed in 1917 as a wartime economy measure The line through the station was reopened for freight traffic in 1929 and passengers in 1935 to a new connecting spur via a flyover to Lewisham The station building remains today as a salvage shop the platforms have been removed but some structures remain at this level on the London bound side To the east of the station beyond the spur to Lewisham most traces of the branch have been removed and extensively built over but a short stretch of embankment forms part of Brookmill Road Nature Reserve just to the north of the spur 1 An application to demolish the building and replace it with a three storey mixed commercial private residential development was rejected in 2019 2 References edit Subterranea Britannica SB Sites Lewisham Road Station Planning lewisham gov uk Retrieved 26 April 2020 Preceding station Disused railways Following stationBrockley Lane London Chatham and Dover RailwayGreenwich Park Branch Line Blackheath Hill 51 28 04 N 0 01 22 W 51 4677 N 0 0229 W 51 4677 0 0229 nbsp This London railway station related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lewisham Road railway station amp oldid 1113934199, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
