South Hampstead railway station

South Hampstead
	South Hampstead ; Location of South Hampstead in Greater London
Location	South Hampstead
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	SOH
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	38,387
2005–06	46,146
2006–07	160,873
2007–08	0.239 million
2008–09	0.278 million
1879 ?	Opened
?	electrified
? 1960s	Main Line platforms demolished
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses
	London Transport portal
	UK Railways portal

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Coordinates: 51°32′27″N 0°10′49″W / 51.5408°N 0.1802°W / 51.5408; -0.1802

South Hampstead railway station is on Loudoun Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is about 500 metres south west of Swiss Cottage tube station.^[2] It opened in 1879 as "Loudon Road station" and acquired its present name in 1922. Two platforms on the Euston to Watford DC Line remain; those on the Slow Main lines were largely demolished in the 1960s. During the West Coast Main Line electrification the original LNWR street building was replaced by one in the 1960s "brick lavatory" style and a new station footbridge was constructed. Traces of the removed station canopies and older footbridge can be seen in the brickwork of the retaining walls on both sides of the line.

[edit] Services

The typical service is three trains per hour to London Euston, and three trains per hour to Watford Junction, calling at all stations, although this reduces to two trains per hour in the late evenings and on Sundays.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=south+hampstead+station&daddr=Finchley+Rd%2FB511&hl=en&sll=51.543026,-0.175062&sspn=0.002869,0.005922&geocode=Ff11EgMdkET9_ymRvu2GmRp2SDG062A9znCixQ%3BFap8EgMdQFT9_w&vpsrc=0&dirflg=w&doflg=ptk&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=17&t=m&z=17 Walking directions to Swiss Cottage tube station from South Hampstead railway station

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: South Hampstead railway station

Train times and station information for South Hampstead railway station from National Rail

[edit] Transport links

London bus route 31 and night route N28 and N31.

[edit] Gallery

Platforms looking southbound, towards the tunnel between here and the Primrose Hill area
Platforms looking north, with the AC tracks (no platforms) visible on the far left
Signage in Overground colours (temporary as of summer 2008)
Class 313 unit 313102 calls at the station with an unusual Stratford service, during the North London Line engineering works (September to November 2008).

Preceding station		London Overground	Following station
Kilburn High Road towards Watford Junction		Watford DC Line	Euston Terminus
	Disused railways
Kilburn High Road		North London-Watford Link (LNWR suburban system)	Primrose Hill