Upper Sydenham railway station

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Upper Sydenham railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°25′53″N 0°4′14″W / 51.43139°N 0.07056°W

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Upper Sydenham
Former booking office in 2010.
General information
Location	Sydenham, Sydenham England
Coordinates	51°25′53″N 0°4′14″W / 51.43139°N 0.07056°W / 51.43139; -0.07056
Grid reference	TQ343719
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway British Railways
Key dates
1 August 1884	Opened
1 January 1917	closed
1 March 1919	reopened
22 May 1944	closed
4 March 1946	reopened
20 September 1954	Station closed to passengers

The Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway was authorised to build a line from Peckham Rye railway station to a terminus at Crystal Palace in 1862, in order to serve the attraction of the Crystal Palace.

History

The station was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway on 1 August 1884. It was temporarily closed from 1 January 1917 until 1 March 1919, and again between 22 May 1944 and 4 March 1946. Permanent closure occurred on 20 September 1954.^[1]

Upper Sydenham station was the penultimate station on the route before Crystal Palace, sitting in the wooded area at the top of Sydenham Hill, overlooking Dulwich and Sydenham. The station and the line was poorly used despite new houses being built in the area as passengers preferred to use other stations near-by (Sydenham Hill, Crystal Palace (Lower Level) and Sydenham) which were on more direct routes. The line was one of the first of the former South Eastern and Chatham Railway to be electrified by Southern Railway, under "South Eastern Electrification - Stage 1" in July 1925.^[2] The destruction of the Crystal Palace in 1936 saw patronage reduced.

During the Second World War the branch line suffered damage from enemy action. After the war the cost of repairing the war damage with declining receipts led to the decision to close the line to close on 20 September 1954, the first permanent closure of a Southern Electric line. The dismantling of the station took place in 1957.

Current

Today all that remains of Upper Sydenham Station is the booking office and station house, which is now a private residence on Wells Park Road, the railway tunnel which is now blocked off but intact and a few muddy hints of where the line and platform once ran. It is thought that the station platforms were buried when the area was landscaped. The station's location sits in Hillcrest Woods, providing a popular local footpath.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Lordship Lane		British Railways Southern Region Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway		Crystal Palace (High Level)

References

^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 237. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ "Electric Railways". Stendec Systems. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2007.

External links

www.disused-stations.org.uk

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