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Proposed New Stations And Interchanges In South London

In the June 2016 Edition of Modern Railways in an article entitled Turning South London Orange.

In the article, there is a table of Station and Interchange Proposals. I will list them in order.

Battersea

Battersea station is proposed to have platforms on the Southeastern lines into Victoria, close to the Dogs’ Home, that will adjoin the new Battersea Power Station station on the Northern Line extension.

As this station appears to be crucial to a lot of the Centre for London reports proposals, I have given the new station its own post called A New Station For Battersea.

Beddington

Beddington station is proposed between Wallington and Waddon stations on the line between West Croydon and Sutton stations.

I don’t this area well, but here’s a Google Map between Wallington and Waddon stations.

According to the Centre for London report, there is a long gap between stations and there has been a loot of development in the area.

The rail line runs across the middle of the map and the station is proposed for Plough Lane, South of Bandon Hill Cemetery.

Brixton

One of the proposals in the article is to create an improved station at Brixton, by reopening disused platforms on the Northernmost tracks at the station.

I have written this a separate post at An Improved Station For Brixton

Brockley

The article proposes a new pair of platforms on the South London Line between Nunhead and Lewisham stations, providing interchange with the existing Brockley station.

I gave my views on Brockley station in A Report On The Bakerloo Line Extension, which I now repeat.

This Google Map shows Brockley  station.

The Bexleyheath Line between Nunhead and Lewisham stations crosses the East London Line and Brockley station at a high level.

I wrote A Four-Poster Station about connecting these two lines.

It would appear that Transport for London have advanced this project from one word in their 2050 Infrastructure Plan to a proposal.

This is the sort of connectivity, that us plebs in Dalston will like a lot. From 2018, as I wrote in Increased Frequencies on the East London Line, there will be ten services per hour between Dalston Junction and Brockley stations and one change at Brockley, will open up many transport opportunities.

Camberwell

Camberwell station is a new station on the Thameslink Line between Elephant and Castle and Loughborough Junction stations.

This Google Map shows the area around the disused Camberwell station.

Camberwell station used to be where Camberwell New Road crosses under the railway.

Wikipedia has a section about the re-opening of the station. This is said.

In March 2016 it was reported by Transport for London that proposals to re-open the station are being considered with other stakeholders, including the London Borough of Southwark. Initial feasibility indicates it would be possible to construct a modern station on the site if timetables could be modified to accommodate Camberwell as an additional stop. TfL will be working with Network Rail and the boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth to further develop the feasibility of this proposal.

I would also suspect that being able to open a new Camberwell station, at the same time as Thameslink, would be very easy to justify on a costs basis.

Clapham East

Clapham East station is proposed to be half a mile North-East of Clapham Junction station on the East London Line.

As this station is a new proposal and hasn’t come to my notice before, I have given the new station its own post called A New Station For Clapham East.

 

Clapham High Street And Wandsworth Road

The report suggests putting platforms at Clapham High Street and Wandsworth Road stations on the Southeastern tracks to enable a direct service to Victoria to be reinstated.

I have dealt with these two stations in Improvements To Clapham High Street And Wandsworth Road Stations.

Imperial Wharf

There is an interesting proposal to put a footpath over the Thames to give access to Imperial Wharf station from the South Bank.

This Google Map shows the station and the Thames.

 

Why not build the footpath?

 

New Cross

New Cross station is just over five hundred metres from New Cross Gate station. This Google Map shows both stations.

The Centre for London is proposing stopping East London Line services to New Cross, increasing service to New Cross Gate and building a travolator between the two stations. They say this in the report.

The proposal is to build an underground travolator between New Cross, Goldsmiths College and New Cross Gate interchange. At New Cross Gate a more frequent train service would be available on the ELL and existing Southern route. This would be a practical alternative linking the Southeastern and South Central networks, and it would also create Southeastern lines access via New Cross to the proposed Bakerloo station at New Cross Gate, for those trains which avoided Lewisham.

It is an interesting solution, that possibly could be used in many places.

 

 

May 26, 2016 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Centre for London June 2016 Proposals, London Overground, Stations, Trains