Rotherhithe train station
Rotherhithe [ ˈrɒðəhaɪð ] is an underground station on the East London Line of London Overground (until 2007 London Underground ) in the London Borough of Southwark . It is located in the Travelcard tariff zone 2 on Brunel Road, a few meters from the south bank of the Thames . In 2013 it was used by 1.048 million passengers.
The station is located at the southern end of the Thames Tunnel , built by Marc Isambard Brunel between 1825 and 1843 , which was originally a pedestrian tunnel and was later converted for rail traffic. Part of the original brick structure is still there, with a memorial plaque for Brunel. Access to the platforms is by escalators and stairs (there are no elevators).
history
After the opening of the station on December 7, 1869, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway , which had a connection between its route network and the East London Line at New Cross Gate , carried out passenger services. 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, MR trains returned to the now electrified route. 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. There were considerations to give up the stations Rotherhithe and Wapping entirely because it was assumed that their platforms were too short to accommodate the new longer trains from London Overground. However, on August 16, 2004, Mayor Ken Livingstone announced that both stations would remain. 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 c East London Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 7, 2013 .
- ^ Wapping and Rotherhithe stations will be part of the East London Line extension. (No longer available online.) Mayor of London, August 16, 2004, formerly original ; accessed on January 7, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 3.1 ″ N , 0 ° 3 ′ 7 ″ W.