62-601: Dulwich Common may refer to: A historic flood plain now called West Dulwich Part of the A205 South Circular road in Dulwich and the London Borough of Southwark. [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
124-633: A new one on its site. Plans for a large new station were drawn up, designed jointly by Lewis Cubitt , John Urpeth Rastrick and Henry Roberts . Drawings were published in the Illustrated London News and George Bradshaw 's Guide to the London and Brighton Railway 1844. They show 'a quasi-Italianate building with a picturesque campanile '. It opened for business in July 1844 while only partially complete, but events were taking place which would mean that
186-531: A number of private schools in or near the area: Dulwich College , Dulwich Prep London , Oakfield Preparatory School , and Rosemead Preparatory School. West Dulwich has a Non-League football club Wanderers F.C. who play at Belair Park . This club is famous for winning the FA Cup five times between 1872 and 1878. 967 - Edgar the Peaceful granted Dilwihs to a thane named Earl Aelfheah. Dilwihs meant 'meadow where
248-430: A station shouldn't be, That no idea minifies its crude And yet elaborate ineptitude. The South London Line from London Bridge to Victoria was electrified in 1909 with an experimental overhead system . It was successful and other suburban services were electrified including the line to Crystal Palace in 1912. Because of World War I , the line to Croydon was not electrified until 1920. The Railways Act 1921 led to
310-603: Is a neighbourhood in South London on the southern boundary of Brockwell Park, which straddles the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Southwark . Croxted Road and South Croxted Road mark the boundary between Southwark to the east and Lambeth to the west. The suburb of West Dulwich dates back to the 17th century when the often flooded land known as Dulwich Common was acquired and drained by Edward Alleyn 's estate. West Dulwich has two main parades of shops,
372-604: Is a terminus for many Southern commuter and regional services to south London and numerous destinations in South East England. Thameslink services from Bedford, Cambridge and Peterborough to Brighton and other destinations in Sussex and Kent began serving the station in 2018. The main line station is one of 19 UK stations managed by Network Rail . It has a ticket hall and entrance area with its main frontage on Tooley Street , and other entrances on Borough High Street and within
434-584: Is located in West Dulwich, and Brockwell Park , Dulwich Park and Dulwich Wood are all within walking distance of West Dulwich. The Rosendale Allotments, which were established in 1908, are on an 18-acre (73,000 m ) site owned by the Dulwich Estate in West Dulwich between Herne Hill and Knight's Hill . The Old College Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is on the east side of Gallery Road . Confusingly, there are two areas called Knight's Hill nearby;
496-528: Is the oldest railway station in London fare zone 1 and one of the oldest in the world having opened in 1836. It is one of two main line termini in London to the south of the River Thames (the other being Waterloo ) and is the fourth-busiest station in London, handling over 50 million passengers a year. The station was originally opened by the London and Greenwich Railway as a local service. It subsequently served
558-512: The London and Croydon Railway (Southwark Station) Act 1838 ( 1 & 2 Vict. c. xx) to enlarge the station it was then constructing at London Bridge, before it had opened for traffic. The London and Croydon Railway opened its line and began using its station on 5 June 1839; the London and Brighton Railway joined it on 12 July 1841, followed by the South Eastern Railway on 26 May 1842. It
620-686: The Big Four grouping in 1923. All of the railways of southern England combined to form the Southern Railway (SR), bringing the London Bridge complex under single ownership. The wall that divided the Chatham and Brighton stations was partially knocked through in 1928 to provide an easier interchange between stations. This allowed a greater range of platforms to be used for the increasingly frequent suburban rail services to London Bridge. Between 1926 and 1928
682-477: The British Parliament decided that the London and Greenwich line should become the entry corridor into London from South East England. The two railways were therefore required to share the route of the London and Croydon Railway from near Norwood (which in turn shared the route of the London and Greenwich Railway from Bermondsey to London Bridge). As a result, the London and Croydon Railway obtained powers in
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#1732863128361744-501: The London and Croydon Railway , the London and Brighton Railway and the South Eastern Railway , thus becoming an important London terminus. It was rebuilt in 1849 and again in 1864 to provide more services and increase capacity. Local services from London Bridge began to be electrified in the beginning of the 20th century, and had spread to national routes by the 1930s. The station was extensively rebuilt by British Rail during
806-579: The Southeastern Metro Bromley South line) as well as limited service to Blackfriars at peak hours. Nearby railway stations offer services to other destinations: London Bridge can be reached from the nearby North Dulwich or Tulse Hill stations by the Southern Metro via Peckham Rye line. The nearest London Underground station is Brixton on the Victoria line . Belair Park
868-447: The bell tower would never be built, and the new building would only last five years. In 1843 the SER and Croydon railway companies became increasingly concerned by the high tolls charged by the London and Greenwich Railway for the use of the station approaches, and gained Parliamentary approval to build their own independent line into south London to a new station at Bricklayers Arms , which
930-531: The 1930s, a regular feature of London Bridge traffic was a glut of commuter services all departing at or shortly after 5:00 pm. A typical timetable included 12-car services to Brighton, Eastbourne and Littlehampton, all between 5:00 and 5:05. "The fives" continued to run until the mid-1970s. Both the London Bridge stations were badly damaged by bombing in the London Blitz in December 1940 and early 1941. The shell of
992-425: The 1950s and 1960s, with the final steam service running in 1964, when the line to Oxted and Uckfield was replaced by diesel / electric multiple units. The very last scheduled steam train was the 4.50am to Tonbridge via Redhill on 4 January 1964 hauled by an N class locomotive. By the early 1970s the station could no longer cope with the volume of traffic. Between 1972 and 1978, BR significantly redeveloped
1054-459: The 1970s, along with a comprehensive re-signalling scheme and track alignment. It was further redeveloped in the 2010s to better accommodate the Thameslink route which provides a connection to Gatwick Airport , Luton Airport and Crossrail . London Bridge is served by Southeastern services from Charing Cross and Cannon Street to destinations in southeast London, Kent and East Sussex and
1116-665: The Bank branch of the Northern line . In 2023, it was the 6th busiest station on the network with 54.77 million users. It is the only station on the London Underground network with "London" in its name (while the NR termini are named, for instance, "London Waterloo" the Underground station is simply named "Waterloo"). There are two platforms on each line and two main sets of escalators to and from
1178-521: The Croydon and Brighton companies, along with other small railways, merged to form the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR). Consequently, there were only two companies serving London Bridge. The LB&SCR used the unfinished joint station until it was demolished in 1849 and a larger building constructed. The SER took over the second London and Greenwich station (which had been built for
1240-562: The Greenwich railway had underestimated the cost of building the long viaduct leading to London Bridge and was not able to build a sufficiently large station for the traffic for both companies, and so in July 1836 it sold some land adjacent to its station (then still under construction) to the Croydon railway to build their own independent station. The London and Brighton Railway and the South Eastern Railway (SER) were also planning routes from London to Brighton and Dover respectively, and
1302-469: The London and Croydon Railway) and sought to develop that site rather than continue to invest in the former joint station, which became the property of the LB&;SCR. The SER station was therefore rebuilt and enlarged between 1847 and 1850, to a design by Samuel Beazley . At the same time yet further improvements were made to the station approaches, increasing the number of tracks to six, which entirely separated
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#17328631283611364-643: The Southern Railway electrified the SE&;CR suburban lines at London Bridge using a third rail system, adapting the existing LB&SCR routes to it at the same time. The first electric services ran on 25 March 1928 from London Bridge to Crystal Palace via Sydenham, followed by a peak hour service to Coulsdon North on 17 June. This was followed by electric services to Epsom Downs via West Croydon, Crystal Palace via Tulse Hill, and Streatham Hill, and to Dorking North and Effingham Junction via Mitcham on 3 March 1929. At
1426-466: The Thameslink core. Trains to London Cannon Street can also depart from platform 4 if necessary. The platforms are linked together by a large street-level concourse, offering a ticket office, retail facilities and waiting areas, with entrances on St Thomas Street and Tooley Street. In addition, an upper level entrance gives direct access to platforms 10–15. London Bridge is one of the busiest stations in
1488-501: The Thameslink lines at London Bridge were one of the few locations in the UK to use a digital signalling system. In October 2022 a rescued Victorian-era church pipe organ , nicknamed "Henry" , was installed on the station concourse. The organ is free for public use. The station's platform configuration is: All platforms are bi-directional, trains to London Charing Cross can run from platforms 3-9, as well as trains to London Blackfriars and
1550-457: The UK , with an estimated 63.1 million passenger entries/exits in 2019/20. However, as with other stations, patronage dropped dramatically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . The estimated usage figure fell 78% in 2020/21 to 13.8 million, although it rose in the ranking by one place to the third busiest in the country, behind Stratford and Victoria , both also in London. Typical services from
1612-577: The V1 flying bombs & V-2 rockets caused widespread damage to Dulwich. 1965 - Dulwich became part of the new London Borough of Southwark and London Borough of Lambeth . London Bridge station London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark , south-east London. It occupies a large area on three levels immediately south-east of London Bridge , from which it takes its name. The main line station
1674-458: The adjoining Rosendale allotments in Dulwich stand today. The green area is still marked as Knight's Hill on detailed maps, but to avoid confusion is not normally named on modern street maps. Both areas have similar origins, first mentioned as belonging to Thomas Knyght in 1545, and were known as Knight's Hill Common and Knight's Hill Farm, respectively. The train line between North Dulwich railway station and Tulse Hill railway station runs through
1736-517: The better known area is the residential area and electoral ward in West Norwood by the road called Knights Hill . But there is a hill to the north, in West Dulwich near Thurlow Park Road, known as Knight's Hill , in which is the Knight's Hill railway tunnel. This second Knight's Hill includes the hilly land between the western end of Thurlow Park Road (South Circular), Peabody Hill and Lovelace Road, where
1798-458: The company built four more platform-faces in an adjoining area to the south of its existing station to cope with additional traffic generated by the completion of the South London Line and other suburban lines to Victoria station . This had a single-span trussed-arch roof measuring 88 by 655 ft (27 by 200 m), and was designed by J. Hawkshaw and Banister. During the first decade of
1860-414: The dill grew'. 1066 - King William I of England became owner of Dulwich, taking the land from King Harold II of England Lordship Lane was the eastern boundary of Dulwich Manor with Friern Manor and Croxted Road (formerly Croks Street Lane) the western boundary with Lord Thurlow's estate. 1538 - Dulwich ceased to be the property of Bermondsey Abbey following the abbey's dissolution. 1544 - Dulwich
1922-695: The hill. Today the Peabody Hill estate lies on the western side of Tulse Hill with the Rosendale Road allotments on the top. West Dulwich forms part of the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency whose current member of Parliament is Helen Hayes MP of the Labour Party . At the local government level, West Dulwich is split between Dulwich Village and Dulwich Wood wards in the London Borough of Southwark and West Dulwich ward in London Borough of Lambeth . Dulwich
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1984-413: The last 300 yards (270 m). The station has had several changes of ownership and complete rebuilds since opening. The original station had four tracks and was 60 feet (18 m) wide and 400 feet (120 m) long. It was approached through a pair of iron gates. Three tracks led into two platforms as a stub end of a viaduct. The station was entirely exposed to the weather until a tarred canvas roof
2046-426: The lines of the two railways. Once these extensions were complete the SER closed its passenger terminus at Bricklayer's Arms and converted the site into a goods depot in 1852. London Bridge station remained the London terminus of the SER until 1864 when its station was again rebuilt. Five of the existing platforms were converted into a through station to enable the extension of the main line into central London and
2108-439: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dulwich_Common&oldid=798252620 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages West Dulwich West Dulwich ( / ˈ d ʌ l ɪ tʃ / DUL -itch )
2170-517: The local community; Kingswood House , a Grade II Victorian mansion; and The Rosendale pub, which is a historic coaching house that still retains the original Royal Doulton tiles. It was redeveloped into a gastropub and was awarded the title of TimeOut London Best Gastropub 2007. The London bus routes are 3 , 37 , 42 , 68 , 196 , 201 , 322 , 468 , P13 , school route 690 and night buses N3 and N68 . Direct rail services are available from West Dulwich railway station to Victoria (via
2232-465: The main line station concourse. It is one of two mainline London termini south of the River Thames , the other is Waterloo . The London Underground station is on the Jubilee line and the Bank branch of the Northern line . River buses use the nearby London Bridge City Pier . London Bridge station was opened on 14 December 1836, making it the oldest London railway terminus that is still running. It
2294-614: The main one being on the Park Hall road junction, where Croxted Road becomes South Croxted Road and the other on Rosendale Road. In addition to the College , other buildings of interest are Belair House; the Grade I listed All Saints Church, West Dulwich , home of the Lambeth Orchestra, which burned down in 2000 but reopened on the same site in 2006 thanks to the sustained work of parishioners and
2356-414: The north of the London Bridge site, leading to an awkward and potentially dangerous crossing of one another's lines. The directors of the companies involved decided to exchange sites; the London and Greenwich Railway would take over the newly completed London and Croydon Railway station, whilst a new joint committee of the Croydon, Brighton and South Eastern companies would demolish the first station and build
2418-405: The north side of the station were also rebuilt. During the works, Charing Cross trains did not call at the station for most of 2015–16 as the platforms were rebuilt, followed by Cannon Street trains from 2016 to 2017. Thameslink services to/from the Thameslink core did not stop between 2015 and May 2018, when an all day service with significantly enhanced frequency began as the programme of works
2480-598: The opening of Charing Cross railway station , and in 1866 to Cannon Street station . In 1899 the SER entered into a working amalgamation with the London Chatham and Dover Railway (LC&DR) to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies Joint Management Committee. Junctions were laid to enable trains through London Bridge to reach the LC&;DR stations at Holborn Viaduct and St Pauls . The LB&SCR took over
2542-475: The same that December. In 1991, a "Thameslink 2000" project was proposed that would improve services between London Bridge and the Great Northern lines. It was originally hoped the work would be complete by 1997. A £500 million refurbishment programme was announced by Railtrack in 1999, which would have seen the station complex rotated by 90 degrees, and large amount of shopping space added. The station
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2604-633: The same time as electrification, the SR installed colour light signalling . The Southern Railway electrified the Brighton Main Line services to Brighton and the South Coast, providing a full service to Three Bridges on 17 July 1932. This was followed by a full electric service to Brighton and West Worthing on 1 January 1933, followed by services to Seaford , Eastbourne and Hastings on 7 July 1935 and to Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on 3 July 1938. By
2666-472: The south on St Thomas Street, and to the north, on Tooley Street. This required demolishing the 1893 SER office building. The refurbished station was officially opened by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on 9 May 2018. The total estimated value of the project was around £1 billion. In July 2019, the refurbished station made the shortlist for the Stirling Prize for excellence in architecture. In 2020
2728-460: The station and its approaches. This included a £21 million re-signalling scheme that consolidated 16 signal boxes into a new London Bridge Area Signalling Centre and a new station concourse designed by N. D. T. Wikeley, regional architect for the Southern Region. This was opened 14 December 1978. New awnings were added over the former SER platforms, but the arched Brighton roof was left. It
2790-418: The station are: The typical weekday off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: The typical weekday off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: The typical weekday off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: The typical weekday off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: The Underground station is between Southwark and Bermondsey on the Jubilee line , and between Borough and Bank on
2852-460: The twentieth century LB&SCR station at London Bridge was again enlarged, but overall London Bridge station remained a "sprawling confusion". The chaotic nature of the station at the turn of the century was described in John Davidson 's poem, "London Bridge": Inside the station, everything's so old, So inconvenient, of such manifold Perplexity, and, as a mole might see, So strictly what
2914-434: The two stations was patched up but the former Terminus Hotel, then used as railway offices, was rendered unsafe and demolished. British Railways (BR) took over responsibility for the station in 1948 following nationalisation of the railways. They did not consider London Bridge a priority at first, and the war-torn damage of the station remained into the 1960s. Electrification of the lines into London Bridge continued during
2976-507: The unfinished joint station, which they demolished in 1849 and opened a temporary station in 1850. This was rebuilt and enlarged in 1853–4 to deal with the additional traffic from the lines to Sydenham and Crystal Palace . A three-storey box-like structure in Italian style was erected, with the name of the railway emblazoned on the top parapet. In 1859 the LC&DR applied to the LB&SCR for running powers from Sydenham to London Bridge, but
3038-535: Was also demolished, replaced by an interchange concourse underneath the platforms accessed by lift, stairs and escalator. This required the demolition of brick vaults between Stainer and Weston Streets, which were pedestrianised and became part of the new concourse. A wider route was created through the Western Arcade to Joiner Street and the underground station by relocating existing shops in to renovated barrel vaults. Two major new street level entrances were opened to
3100-410: Was completed. As part of the rebuilding works, the listed northern wall of the terminus train-shed was demolished and replaced with a new retaining wall, and the listed bays of the roof over the terminating platforms were dismantled and stored. Each of the rebuilt platforms has its own full length platform canopy. The footbridge dating from the 1970s that linked platforms for passenger interchange
3162-399: Was comprehensively redeveloped between 2009 and 2017 with the rebuilding of all platforms, the addition of two major new street-level entrances, and changes to passenger concourses and retail facilities. The Shard opened next to the station in 2012. It included a new entrance and roof for the terminal level concourse, and a larger bus station was constructed in front of the building. This
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#17328631283613224-701: Was described by The Oxford companion to British Railway History as "one of the best modern station reconstructions in Britain". Patronage to London Bridge tailed off from a peak in the early 1970s. The station remained popular for through routes to the City and the West End, but the number of terminal trains declined significantly by the early 1980s. The bridge over the station's north end became Grade II listed in January 1988, while Platforms 9–16 (the former LB&SCR side) became listed
3286-451: Was designed by Henry Currey , architect for St Thomas's Hospital , and had 150 public rooms over seven stories. It was unsuccessful because it was on the south bank of the river, so was turned into offices for the railway in 1893. It was destroyed by bombing in 1941. An act of Parliament of 1862 gave the LB&SCR power to enlarge the station further. Over the next few years under the direction of new Chief Engineer Frederick Banister ,
3348-548: Was erected in 1840. Sixteen columns and fourteen beams from this structure were retrieved in 2013 and given to the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Aberystwyth , Wales for use in a planned railway museum. Before completing the train shed, the London and Greenwich Railway entered into an agreement with the proposed London and Croydon Railway for the latter to use its tracks from Corbett's Lane, Bermondsey, and to share its station. However,
3410-588: Was followed by a major transformation programme known as Masterplan , linked to the Thameslink programme . Work began in 2012 with the terminal platforms adjacent to St Thomas Street , reducing the number from nine to six and extending them to accommodate longer 12-car trains. Through platforms were increased from six to nine, all of which catered for 12-car trains. In the redeveloped station, Charing Cross services were assigned four new dedicated platforms (6, 7, 8 and 9), and Thameslink services to platforms 4 and 5. The existing platforms for Cannon Street services on
3472-464: Was granted to goldsmith Thomas Calton for £609 by Henry VIII . 1605 - The estate was sold for £4,900 to Edward Alleyn by Sir Francis Calton . 1619 - Dulwich College was founded by Edward Alleyn. 1785 - Belair House was built (probably by architect Henry Holland ). 1805 (+1814) - Dulwich Common was enclosed. 1812 - Kingswood House was built by William Vizard . 1851 - Dulwich's population reached 1,632. 1862 - West Dulwich railway station
3534-482: Was not the earliest station in the London metropolitan area, as the London and Greenwich Railway had opened stations at Spa Road (in Bermondsey) and Deptford on 8 February 1836. The completion of the line into London Bridge was postponed because of delays in constructing a bridge at Bermondsey Street. From 10 October 1836, trains were able to operate as far as the east end of this bridge, with passengers having to walk
3596-557: Was opened as Knights Hill Station. 1868 - The Old village green was bought for public use. 1870 - Dulwich College moved to a new campus on College Road designed by Charles Barry Junior . 1888 - All Saints Church was built between 1888 and 1897; it was designed by G H Fellowes Prynne . 1890 - Dulwich Park was opened. 1900 - Dulwich became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell . 1901 - Dulwich's Population reached 10,247. 1940s - World War II : The Blitz and
3658-518: Was refused. However, some ticketing arrangement was made between the two companies as the LC&DR advertised connections to and from London Bridge in its timetables in The Times and Bradshaw's Railway Guide for July 1861. This arrangement was short-lived pending the construction of the LC&DR line to Holborn Viaduct . The LB&SCR also built the Terminus Hotel at the station in 1861. It
3720-464: Was soon found that the viaduct approaching London Bridge would be inadequate to deal with the traffic generated by four railways, so it was widened by the Greenwich Railway between 1840 and 1842, doubling the number of tracks to four. The new lines, intended for the Croydon, Brighton and South Eastern trains, were situated on the south side of the existing Greenwich line, whereas their station was to
3782-478: Was traditionally a Conservative area but as of the 2018 local elections , all wards comprising the West Dulwich area were represented by Labour councillors. For the 2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election , the area became part of the West Dulwich ward . West Dulwich has four state primary schools (Rosendale Primary School and three others) and one secondary school, Kingsdale Foundation School . There are
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#17328631283613844-399: Was vaguely described as a "West End terminus". This line opened on 1 May 1844 and most of the services from these two companies were withdrawn from London Bridge, leaving only the Greenwich and Brighton companies using London Bridge station. The Greenwich company was on the brink of bankruptcy and so was forced to lease its lines to the SER, which took effect from 1 January 1845. The next year
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