Lewisham station: Difference between revisions

| events2 = Present station opened as ''Lewisham Junction''

| events3 = Renamed (''Lewisham)''

| railexits1617 = {{increase}} 10.750 -->

| railexits1718 = {{decrease}} 10.713

| railexits1819 = {{decrease}} 10.326 -->

| railint1617 = {{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 3.756 -->

| railint1718 = {{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 2.201

| railint1819 = {{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 2.634 -->

There are four platforms for main-line trains: 3 and 4 on the [[North Kent Line]], and 1 and 2 on the [[Mid-Kent line]] which is also used as a loop off the [[South Eastern Main Line]].

With the opening of the [[Mid-Kent line]] on 1 January 1857 a new station was built to the west so both lines could be served.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jackson, Alan A |title=London's Local Railways |edition=2nd|year=1999|publisher=Capital Transport Publishing|location=Harrow Weald|page=47}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beckenhamhistory.co.uk/component/search/?searchphrase=all&searchword=railwaysinbeckenham|title=Search|website=beckenhamhistory.co.uk}}</ref> For a period Old Lewisham Station was also kept open.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Lewisham1857.pdf/documents/BoT_Lewisham1857.pdf |title=BoT Lewisham |publisher=railwaysarchive.co.uk |access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>

The [[North Kent Line]] was [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|electrified]] with the (750 V DC third rail) system. Electrification was initially to Dartford (6 June 1926) and was extended to [[Gillingham, Medway|Gillingham]] by the Second World War Two.

In 1929 large-scale remodelling of the junction was undertaken to enable cross-London freight traffic to be routed via [[Nunhead railway station|Nunhead]] and [[Loughborough Junction railway station|Loughborough Junction]]. The new route utilised part of the former [[Greenwich Park branch]] (which had closed in 1917) and included aan [[Overpass|flyoveroverpass]].

The loop between Lewisham and the main line towards Hither Green, which had opened in 1929, was electrified on 16 July 1933, allowing Sidcup and Orpington local electric services to call.<ref name=Jackson17>{{cite book|author=Jackson, Alan A |title=London's Local Railways |edition=2nd|year=1999|publisher=Capital Transport Publishing|location=Harrow Weald, UK|page=17}}</ref>

The Nunhead line was electrified in summer 1935 and opened to electric traffic on 30 September 1935, with services from the Bexleyheath and Sidcup to [[Blackfriars railway station|St Paul's]] (todaylater renamed Blackfriars). This service was cancelled during the Second World War 2 as an economy measure, and recommencingrecommenced on 12 August 1946.<ref name=Jackson17/>

Following a number of accidents and financial issues Railtrack plc was sold to [[Network Rail]] on 3 October 2002 who became responsible for the infrastructure.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2267597.stm Network Rail closer to Railtrack takeover] BBC News, 1 April 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/Thecentreformanagementandorganisationalhistory/148170.pdf |page=18 |title=Accounting for Producer Needs: The case of Britain's rail infrastructure |publisher=Centre for Management and Organisational History |access-date=1 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075330/http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/Thecentreformanagementandorganisationalhistory/148170.pdf |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }}</ref>

On 27 June 2003, the [[Strategic Rail Authority]] decided to strip Connex of the franchise citing poor financial management and run the franchise itself.<ref>{{cite news| |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3024804.stm |title=BBC NEWS - UK - England - Train firm loses franchise | date=27 June 2003 |access-date=1 April 2016 |workpublisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2856305/Basher-Bowker-pulls-the-plug-on-Connex.html Basher Bowker pulls the plug on Connex] ''The Telegraph'', 29 June 2003</ref> Connex South Eastern continued to operate the franchise until 8 November 2003 with; the services transferringtransferred to the [[Strategic Rail Authority|Strategic Rail Authority]]'s]] [[South Eastern Trains]] subsidiary the following day.

On 30 November 2005, the [[Department for Transport]] awarded [[Govia]] the Integrated Kent franchise. The services operated by South Eastern Trains transferred to [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] on 1 April 2006.

*On 4 December 1957, the [[Lewisham rail crash]] occurred to the west of the station, within which there were 90 fatalities. A plaque at the station commemorates this incident.

*In the early morning hours of 24 January 2017, a [[GB Railfreight]] train travelling from Grain to Neasden [[derailmentDerailment|derailed]] at Lewisham. Although no railway workers or passengers were injured in the derailment, it caused widespread disruption across the Southeastern system, with numerous delays and cancellations for the day.<ref>{{cite web| |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/24/freight-train-derailment-south-east-london-causes-commuter-misery/| |title=Southeastern passengers face major delays after freight train derailment near Lewisham station| |date=24 January 2017| |website=The Telegraph |location=London| |author=TheTelegraph Telegraphreporters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIbbfWMZnVY| |title=Lewisham Derailment -– 24 January, 2017| |author=Network Rail| |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>

*On the evening of 2 March 2018, during [[2018 Great Britain and Ireland cold wave|exceptionally cold weather]], several trains were delayed close to the station and [[2018 Lewisham train strandings|passengers evacuated the train]] and went onto the tracks.<ref>BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43266245</ref>

In 1971 and 1972, parliamentary approval was given for construction of Phases 2 and 3 of the planned [[Fleet line]].<ref name=Horne36>{{cite book |last=Horne |first=Mike |last=Horne |title=The Jubilee Line |publisher=Capital Transport |year=2000 |publisherpage=Capital Transport36 |isbn=1-85414-220-8 |page=36}}</ref> Phase 3 onof the proposal would have extended the line from [[Fenchurch Street railway station|Fenchurch Street]] to Lewisham, with new platforms constructed underground.<ref name=Horne36/> Further plans for Phase 4 of the extension considered the line taking over the mainline tracks on the [[Addiscombe Line|Addiscombe]] and [[Hayes Line|Hayes]] branch lines. Preliminary construction works were carried out elsewhere on the extension before the plan was postponed by lack of funds. Following a change of name to ''[[Jubilee line]]'', the first part of the line opened in 1979, but the remaining plans were not carried out. When the [[Jubilee Line Extension|Jubilee line was extended]] in 1999, a different route to [[Stratford station|Stratford]] was followed.

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