Streatham Hill railway station
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 Streatham Hill
Location of Streatham Hill in Greater London |
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| Location | Streatham |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Lambeth |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Station code | SRH |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
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| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 | 1.274 million[1] |
| 2005–06 |  1.274 million[1] |
| 2006–07 |  2.004 million[1] |
| 2008–09 | 2.137 million[1] |
| 2009–10 |  1.997 million[1] |
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| 1 December 1856 | Opened |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| External links | Departures • Layout |
| Facilities • Buses | |
| Coordinates: 51°26′17″N 0°07′38″W / 51.438°N 0.1271°W | |
Streatham Hill railway station is one of three stations serving the suburb of Streatham, in the London Borough of Lambeth. The wooden station building at street level faces the busy Streatham High Road (A23) at the junction with Leigham Court Road. Services are operated by Southern.
Access to the platforms - which are in a cutting below street level and which continue under a bridge beneath the road - is possible via a pair of staircases or lifts. A project to replace the staircases and introduce lift access having been completed in 2009.
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[edit] History
Streatham Hill railway station was opened by the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway on 1 December 1856, originally simply being named Streatham. Trains were operated from the outset by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. At some stage it was renamed Streatham and Brixton Hill before finally settling with its present name in 1869.
There is a depot for maintenance of the passenger carriages at the London end of the station.[specify] Some of the lighting gantries above sidings are remains of the pioneering "overhead electric" power supply which the LB&SCR introduced on this line on 12 May 1911. This was abandoned in June 1928 when the Southern Railway replaced it with third rail electrification.
[edit] Services
Typical off peak train service is;
- Platform 1: four trains per hour to and from Victoria Station via Balham, Wandsworth Common, Clapham Junction and Battersea Park.
- Platform 2: trains call at West Norwood, Gipsy Hill, and Crystal Palace. Two trains each hour continue to West Croydon calling at Norwood Junction; the other two continue to London Bridge via the "outer" South London Line see New Cross Gate railway station.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| Balham | Southern South London Line (Outer) London Victoria to Sutton via Crystal Palace |
West Norwood | ||
[edit] Transport links
London bus routes 50, 57, 109, 118, 133, 159, 201, 250, 255, 319, 333, 417, P13, and night routes N109, N133, and N137.
[edit] See also
The other stations in Streatham are:
[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.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Streatham Hill railway station |
- Train times and station information for Streatham Hill railway station from National Rail
- South Central Trains
- Early photographs of Streatham Hill station, from the Ideal Homes: Suburbia in Focus website
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