Denmark Hill railway station
Denmark Hill | |
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Location | Denmark Hill |
Local authority | London Borough of Southwark |
Managed by | Thameslink |
Station code | DMK |
DfT category | D |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Accessible | Yes[1] |
Fare zone | 2 |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2014–15 | 5.631 million[2] |
– interchange | 0.127 million[2] |
2015–16 | 7.001 million[2] |
– interchange | 0.431 million[2] |
2016–17 | 7.187 million[2] |
– interchange | 0.465 million[2] |
2017–18 | 7.144 million[2] |
– interchange | 0.665 million[2] |
2018–19 | 6.955 million[2] |
– interchange | 0.550 million[2] |
Railway companies | |
Original company | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
Key dates | |
1 December 1865 | Opened |
Listed status | |
Listed feature | Denmark Hill Station, cutting walls and platforms, with Phoenix and Firkin public house |
Listing grade | Grade II listed |
Entry number | 1386053[3] |
Added to list | 17 September 1998 |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°28′06″N 0°05′22″W / 51.4683°N 0.0894°W |
London transport portal |
Denmark Hill railway station is in the area of Denmark Hill in south London, England, on the Thameslink, South London, Greenwich Park and Chatham lines. It is 4 miles 22 chains (6.9 km) down the line from London Victoria. It is managed by Thameslink
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History
The station was built between 1864 and 1866. Its design by Charles Henry Driver is in the Italianate style, with an extremely decorative frontage and French pavilion roofs.[4]
In 1920 the waiting room was used by The Mystical Church of the Comforter, founded by Mrs Elizabeth Mary Eagle Skinner, who was known as “The Messenger”. The waiting room was transformed by an altar, painted white and surrounded by the seven colours of the rainbow.[5] The Nottingham Evening Post for 17 June 1926 reported that babies were baptised, funeral services were read and even a marriage was solemnised. The porters and clerks of the railway company often worked to the accompaniment of hymns sung by the congregation.[6] The church is believed to have ceased to function after the death of Mrs Skinner in November 1929.
By the late 1970s the building had been neglected. In March 1980, arsonists broke into the booking hall and the resulting fire destroyed the roof. Initial work by British Rail engineers to make the building safe by demolishing parts of the remaining building triggered a protest campaign by the Camberwell Society. Following a joint initiative between them, the Southwark Environment Trust and the British Rail Director of the Environment, Bernard Kaukas, the building was restored in 1985 at a cost of £300,000[7] (equivalent to £1,150,000 in 2023).[8]
The project included the addition of a public house, initially called the Phoenix and Firkin to commemorate the fire, then called O'Neills and now the Phoenix. The building was given a Civic Trust award in 2009.[citation needed]
In the period 2011–2013 the station underwent a redesign with the construction of a new ticket office with access from Champion Park, new walkways and lifts to the platforms.[9]
On 14 December 2014, flames were spotted underneath a Southeastern train travelling from Victoria to Dartford as it approached Denmark Hill Station.[10]
Design
The platforms are below road level, with the short Grove Tunnel at one end and Denmark Hill road bridge at the other.
Services
The station is managed by Thameslink and is served by trains of that company, Southeastern, and London Overground.[11] It is in Travelcard Zone 2. It is on Champion Park in the south of Camberwell. It is near to King's College and Maudsley hospitals and to the Denmark Hill campus of King's College London, whose buildings are intermingled around and between the two hospitals. It is mostly served by local trains on the London Overground and trains from two London termini: Victoria and Template:LUL stations.
The May 2018 Monday to Saturday off-peak service in trains per hour is:
- 4 trains per hour (tph) Clapham Junction (London Overground)
- 4tph Dalston Junction via Surrey Quays (London Overground)
- 3tph non-stop to London Victoria (Southeastern)
- 2tph Template:LUL stations via Elephant & Castle (Thameslink)
- 2tph Template:LUL stations via Elephant & Castle (Thameslink); Mondays-Fridays AM continue to Luton railway station
- 2tph Sevenoaks via the Catford Loop (Thameslink)
- 2tph Orpington via the Catford Loop (Thameslink)
- 2tph Gravesend via Lewisham and Bexleyheath (Southeastern)
- 1tph Dover Priory via Bromley South (Southeastern)
Layout
The station has 4 platforms, platform 1 being for services to Clapham Junction or London Victoria, platform 2 for services to Dartford or Dalston Junction , platform 3 for services to London Victoria or West Hampstead Thameslink and platform 4 for services to Dover Priory, Ashford International, Gillingham or Sevenoaks
Connections
London Buses routes 40, 176, 185 and 484 serve the station.
See also
- Camberwell a disused station is located nearby
References
- ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Historic England, "Denmark Hill Station, cutting walls and platforms, with Phoenix and Firkin public house (1386053)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 August 2017
- ^ The Buildings of England London 2: South, Second Edition 1983, page 625
- ^ "A Station Church". Framlingham Weekly News. England. 18 August 1928. Retrieved 16 August 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Church in Railway Station. Rainbow Altar, Mystic Signs, and Woman Priest". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 17 June 1926. Retrieved 16 August 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Phoenix arises at Denmark HIll". Illustrated London News. England. 1 November 1985. Retrieved 16 August 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Work starts to improve access at Denmark Hill station". Global Rail News. RailStaff Publications Limited. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Denmark Hill station shut after fire underneath train". BBC News. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ Southern - Network map (central) Archived 7 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Train times and station information for Denmark Hill railway station from National Rail
- Planning documents for 2011/12 station improvements, Southwark Council,
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2
- DfT Category D stations
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- Railway stations in the London Borough of Southwark
- Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865
- Railway stations served by Southern
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- Railway stations served by London Overground
- Camberwell
- Recipients of Civic Trust Awards
- Thameslink railway stations
- Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Southwark
- Charles Henry Driver railway stations