Walworth Road railway station

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Walworth Road Railway Station Site
Location Walworth
Local authority Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
Number of platforms4 [1]
Railway companies
Original company London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Key dates
1 May 1863Opened
3 April 1916Closed to passengers
Other information
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg  London transportportal

Walworth Road railway station was a railway station in Walworth Road, Southwark, south London, England, on the London Chatham & Dover Railway, which opened on 1 May 1863 on the City Branch to Blackfriars as part of the company's ambitious plan to extend into the City of London. [2] It was originally known as Camberwell Gate before changing its name in 1865.

Contents

Along with many other London stations, World War I wartime restraints forced it to close on 3 April 1916. [3] At the time, the closure was considered temporary, but the station never reopened and was subsequently demolished. Today there are virtually no traces that this was once a station. [4] It was planned in the 1950s to open a tube station in Walworth on the Bakerloo line, but the plans were abandoned[ citation needed ].

British Rail did consider reopening the station as part of Thameslink in the 1980s but never materialised. [5]

History

In 1879 the LCDR was running the following services that stopped at Walworth Road: [6]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Elephant & Castle
Line open, station open
  London, Chatham
& Dover Railway

City Branch
  Camberwell
Line open, station closed

Notes

  1. Trains called at Moorgate Street, Aldersgate Street, Snow Hill, Ludgate Hill, Blackfriars, Borough Road, Elephant and Castle, Walworth Road, Camberwell, Loughborough Junction, Brixton and South Stockwell, Clapham and North Stockwell, Wandsworth Road, Battersea Park Road, Grosvenor Road and Victoria
  2. Trains ran as for the Moorgate to Victoria service, calling only at Clapham Junction after Wandsworth Road.
  3. Trains called at Kentish Town, King's Cross (York Road), King's Cross (Metropolitan), Farringdon Street, Snow Hill then as for the Moorgate to Victoria service.

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References

  1. London Railway Atlas 4th Edition p.39
  2. Blackfriars Bridge - Loughborough Junction, UK.
  3. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
  4. "Walworth Road Station". Disused Stations.
  5. Carter, Rita (1 July 1985). Thames News . Thames Television.
  6. Cook's Handbook For London. London: Thomas Cook & Son. 1879.

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