New Cross Station
New Cross is a train station in the London Borough of Lewisham . It is located in the Travelcard tariff zone 2 at the intersection of New Cross Road and Amersham Way, about 600 meters east of the New Cross Gate station .
A branch of the East London Line , a line of the London Overground, ends in New Cross . Southeastern Railroad trains run south to Kent and north to Cannon Street and Charing Cross stations . In 2013, 2.480 million passengers used the station.
railroad
During the British railway boom in the late 1830s, two different companies built lines in the area. The London and Croydon Railway (L&CR) opened a station on June 5, 1839 at the junction of New Cross Road and Hatcham Park Road. The South Eastern Railway (SER) followed on October 1, 1850 with a station at the junction of New Cross Road and Amersham Way. Both railway companies named their stations New Cross .
This confusing situation persisted until 1923 when both companies were absorbed by the Southern Railway . To avoid further confusion, the station on the Brighton line was renamed New Cross Gate , while the station on the Kent line kept its name. This also means that the platforms at this station are marked with letters instead of numbers, as is usual in London.
East London Line
On December 1, 1884, the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now Metropolitan Line ) and the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now District Line ) began operating. The MDR ceased operations on July 31, 1905, the MR on December 2, 1906, so that the route was temporarily only used for freight traffic. From March 31, 1913, trains of the MR ran again on the now electrified East London Line. Since the closure of the St Mary's Curve at Whitechapel on October 5, 1941, the East London Line was operationally independent.
Between March 25, 1995 and March 25, 1998, the entire route was closed to all traffic due to renovation and modernization work. On December 22, 2007, the East London Line was closed again to modernize and extend it at both ends. Since April 27, 2010, the line has been open again after two and a half years of construction and is part of the London Overground.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Estimates of station usage. (Excel, 1.1 MB) Office of Rail Regulation, 2014, accessed on July 28, 2014 (English).
- ↑ a b East London Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 7, 2013 .
| Previous station | National Rail | Next train station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Bridge |
Southeastern South Eastern Main Line , Hayes Line and Dartford Loop Line |
St Johns | ||
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Southeastern Bexleyheath Line |
Lewisham | |||
| Surrey Quays |
London Overground East London Line |
final destination | ||
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 35.5 " N , 0 ° 1 ′ 57.8" W.