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South Bermondsey railway station

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Location
  
Bermondsey

Station code
  
SBM

Fare zone
  
2

Address
  
London, United Kingdom

Managed by
  
Southern

DfT category
  
E

2011–12
  
0.704 million

Number of platforms
  
2

South Bermondsey railway station

Local authority
  
London Borough of Southwark

Similar
  
Queens Road Peckham, North Dulwich railway st, East Dulwich railway st, Peckham Rye railway st, Bermondsey tube station

South Bermondsey railway station is on the South London Line, serving the district of South Bermondsey, south London. It is 1 mile 63 chains (2.9 km) down-line from London Bridge; the following station on the line is Queens Road Peckham.

Contents

It is managed by Southern, which also operates the trains that call.

History

The original station was situated to the north-west of South Bermondsey Junction, on the northern side of Rotherhithe New Road. It opened on 13 August 1866 with the South London Line, and was originally named Rotherhithe; it was renamed South Bermondsey on 1 December 1869. It closed on 17 June 1928, when the present station, situated south of South Bermondsey Junction, took its place. The 1928 station is on an embankment, and its platforms and buildings are of wooden construction; the current passenger access to the station from Rotherhithe New Road and Ilderton Road is by a footpath partly constructed on the embankment previously occupied by the line to Bricklayers Arms and Willow Walk Goods Depots. After the adjacent New Den Stadium, Millwall F.C.'s home ground, opened in 1993, a direct footpath was built from the station to the away section of the ground; this is used on match days only.

Southern trains from London Bridge to London Victoria via Denmark Hill called at South Bermondsey until December 2012.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 21 January 1947, an empty stock train was involved in a rear-end collision with an electric multiple unit.
  • Services

    The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service in trains per hour is:

  • 4 to London Bridge
  • 2 to West Croydon
  • 2 to Beckenham Junction
  • On Sundays this is reduced to:

  • 4 to London Bridge
  • 2 to Selhurst
  • 2 to Crystal Palace
  • Connections

    London Buses routes 1, 381 and P12 serve the station.

    The Quietway 1 cycle route passes the station entrance.

    References

    South Bermondsey railway station Wikipedia