- Catford Loop Line
The Catford Loop line was opened by the
London, Chatham and Dover Railway on1 July 1892 ; it had been incorporated as the Shortlands and Nunhead Railway in 1889. The line provides a relief route for trains fromLondon Victoria for the Kent coast (seeChatham Main Line ); suburban services for Sevenoaks also use the line.The line leaves the former Crystal Palace branch and the link to Lewisham (the former Greenwich Park branch) at a junction to the east of Nunhead; however, in current railway usage the section from the main line at
Brixton to Nunhead, with stations atDenmark Hill andPeckham Rye , is also included. There are five stations on the original route, all opened in 1892. They are as follows:
* Crofton Park
* Catford
* Bellingham
** here are carriage sidings
* Beckenham Hill
* RavensbourneThe line joins the main line at Shortlands Junction, west of Shortlands station. The total length from Nunhead of the Catford Loop is almost five miles (8km), and from Brixton nearly eight miles (12.5km).The line was electrified with the other SECR urban routes on
12 July 1925 by Southern Railway.References
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