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Location
  
Station code
  
SRH

Fare zone
  
3

Address
  
London, United Kingdom

Local authority
  
Managed by
  
DfT category
  
C2

2011–12
  
2.685 million

Number of platforms
  
2

Streatham Hill railway station

Similar
  
Streatham railway station, Streatham Common railway st, Balham station, Tulse Hill railway station, Wandsworth Common railway st

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Streatham Hill railway station is one of three stations serving the district 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.

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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 was completed in 2009. The station is served by Class 377s and Class 455s.

History

The railway station was opened by the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway on 1 December 1856, originally being named 'Streatham'. Trains were operated from the outset by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. It was renamed Streatham & Brixton Hill on 1 September 1868 before receiving its present name present name on 1 January 1869.

There is a depot for maintenance of the passenger carriages at the London end of the station. Some of the lighting gantries above the sidings are remains of the pioneering "overhead electric" power supply that 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.

Services

Typical off peak train service is:

  • Platform 1: four trains per hour to 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 Sutton calling at Norwood Junction, West Croydon and stations to Sutton; the other two continue to London Bridge via the Crystal Palace Line and Brighton Main Line (see New Cross Gate railway station).
  • Connections

    London Buses routes 50, 57, 109, 118, 133, 159, 201, 250, 255, 319, 333, 417 and P13 and night routes N109, N133 and N137 serve the station.

    References

    Streatham Hill railway station Wikipedia


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