Tulse Hill railway station

Tulse Hill
Tulse Hill Location of Tulse Hill in Greater London
Location	Tulse Hill
Local authority	London Borough of Lambeth
Managed by	Southern
Station code(s)	TUH
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15	2.598 million
2015–16	2.463 million
2016–17	2.179 million
– interchange	0.408 million
2017–18	2.323 million
– interchange	0.557 million
2018–19	2.364 million
– interchange	0.589 million
Key dates
1868	Opened (LBSCR)
1869	LCDR arrives
1871	Additional LBSCR line
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.4399°N 0.1049°W / 51.4399; -0.1049
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Tulse Hill railway station is in the West Norwood area of the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, between railway bridges over the A205, South Circular Road and the A215, Norwood Road. It is 5 miles 2 chains (8.1 km) measured from London Victoria.

It is served by both Southern and Thameslink, and it is in Travelcard Zone 3.

History

Tulse Hill station was opened in 1868 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on their line from London Bridge. In 1869, this was joined by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's "Metropolitan Extension" line to Holborn Viaduct. The LB&SCR's through line to Streatham and Wimbledon opened in 1871.

The station originally had a bowstring-arched iron and glass roof covering all four platforms. and the brick retaining walls of this structure survive. However, it appears that the roof was demolished as a precautionary measure following the collapse of a similar one at Charing Cross in 1905, and individual platform canopies were then introduced. These had no proper foundations, and gradually subsided until the last of the Edwardian canopies were replaced in the 1990s by British Rail. Some modernisation of the station, including a new covered entrance on the east side, took place under the operator Southern, and ticket gates (funded by the Transport Department) were installed in 2009.

The station can accommodate eight-car trains; the complex sections of track at each end of the station and a large bridge which cannot be moved mean it cannot be extended to accommodate longer ones.

Services

The typical off-peak service frequency is:

• 4 trains per hour to London Bridge via Peckham Rye (Southern)
• 2 trains per hour to West Croydon via Norbury (Southern)
• 2 trains per hour to Beckenham Junction via Crystal Palace (Southern)
• 4 trains per hour to St Albans City via London Blackfriars (On Sundays, some services are extended to Luton) (Thameslink)
• 2 trains per hour to Sutton via Mitcham Junction (and then clockwise around the Sutton loop) (Thameslink)
• 2 trains per hour to Sutton via Wimbledon (and then anticlockwise around the Sutton loop) (Thameslink)

There are also some peak hour Southern services from London Bridge to Sutton via the Wimbledon loop.

Late evening northbound Thameslink services are mostly extended to Bedford.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Herne Hill		Thameslink Thameslink		Streatham
North Dulwich		Southern Sutton and Mole Valley lines		Streatham
		Southern Inner South London line		West Norwood
		Southern London Bridge-Victoria Limited Service		Streatham Hill

Connections

London Buses routes 2, 68, 196, 201, 322, 432, 468, P13, school route 690 and night routes N2 and N68 serve the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Tulse Hill railway station from National Rail