Brixton railway station

Infobox London station
name = Brixton


manager = Southeastern
zone = 2
locale = Brixton
borough = Lambeth
start =
platforms = 2
railexits0405 = 0.381
railexits0506 = 0.413
railexits0607 = 0.652
railcode = BRX

Brixton Railway Station is in Brixton town centre, South London, on the line between London Victoria and Orpington. Trains are operated by Southeastern. The normal service is one train every 15 minutes in both directions. It is located about 100m from Brixton tube station.

To get from Brixton tube station to the main-line station, turn right out of the tube and then take the first main road on the right. The station is above ground level - for Victoria take the stairs in the pavement, for Orpington go into the tunnel and past the ticket office.

The South London Line passes above the platforms, but there are no platforms on that line. Trains stopped at nearby East Brixton railway station until it closed in 1976. The South London Line is due to become part of London Overground, although the proposal has attracted criticism, as the route will cross over both Brixton railway station and Loughborough Junction stations [cite web
url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/resources/corporate/media/pressimages/rez-high/h-tube-map-2010.jpg
title=The Tube in 2010
author=Transport for London
date=2006
accessdate=2007-11-03 (map illustrating future development phases as proposed by TfL in 2006, subject to change)] . This would then create an orbital network around Central London, fulfilling the Orbirail concept.

This extension is currently unfunded and is at the proposal stage; as it would also involve the withdrawal of the current South London Line service between Victoria to London Bridge via Denmark Hill there is the suggestion that this extension could be funded as preliminary works for the Thameslink Programme [cite web
url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/agenda-and-papers-dec-2007.pdf
title=Transport for London Board Meeting
date=2007-12-06
accessdate=2007-12-18] , missing opportunities to create new interchange stations with London Underground Victoria line and the Thameslink services respectively [cite web
url=http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400lambeth/tm_objectid=14173461&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=junction-joy-south-name_page.html
title=Junction joy South
author=
work=South London Press
date=2004-24-04
accessdate=2007-11-03] [cite web
url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060719/halltext/60719h0006.htm#06071968000550
title=Parliamentary Debate: London Orbital Rail Network
author=Martin Linton MP
work=Hansard
date=2006-07-19
accessdate=2007-11-03] . Under current proposals, no stations are planned at these locations as the line is on high railway arches, making the cost of any station construction prohibitive [cite web
url=http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/3
title=East London Line Extensions - Loughborough Junction
author=
work=AlwaysTouchOut
date=2006-11-09
accessdate=2007-11-03] .

ervice

The typical off-peak train service per hour is:
*4tph non-stop to London Victoria
*4tph to Orpington, calling at all stations via Herne Hill and Bromley South

Murals

A number of murals have been painted on the outside of the station.

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