Greenwich Park Branch Line

Greenwich Park Branch Line
Overview
Type	Commuter rail, Suburban rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Greater London
Operation
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	Southeastern
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Greenwich Line Legend SEML to London terminals Deptford Docklands Light Railway Deptford Creek Greenwich Docklands Light Railway Greenwich College Tunnel 450 yds Maze Hill Westcombe Park A102 Angerstein Wharf aggregates North Kent Line from SEML North Kent Line to Charlton

The Greenwich Park Branch Line in south-east London was built by London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) from Nunhead.

LCDR line

Greenwich Park Branch Line
Legend to London Victoria Nunhead LCDR Crystal Palace lineto Crystal Palace High Level Catford Loop Lineto Chatham Main Line Brockley Lane Lewisham Road to Lewisham Blackheath Hill Greenwich Park

It ran from a junction at Nunhead in a generally north-east direction to a terminus on the Greenwich High Road, close to the north-west corner of Greenwich Park, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km). The original plan was for the branch to terminate at Woolwich Dockyard. A short tunnel took the branch under the A2 at Blackheath Hill. The entrance to Brockley Lane station in still visible at Brockley Cross.

There were four stations:

• Brockley Lane
• Lewisham Road
• Blackheath Hill (opened 1871)
• Greenwich Park (opened 1888)

All closed on 1 January 1917, and the branch beyond Lewisham Road was abandoned on 1 January 1926 by the Southern Railway.

Nunhead to Lewisham link

Bexleyheath Line

Legend London Charing Cross River Thames Waterloo East London Cannon Street River Thames London Bridge To Deptford(Greenwich Line) New Cross St Johns London Victoria River Thames Denmark Hill Peckham Rye Nunhead Lewisham To Ladywell(Hayes Line) To Hither Green(South Eastern Main Line) and (Dartford Loop Line) Blackheath To Charlton(North Kent Line) Kidbrooke Tunnel Kidbrooke Eltham (Well Hall) A2 Eltham Eltham Park Falconwood Welling Bexleyheath Barnehurst To Erith(North Kent Line) Slade Green To Crayford(Dartford Loop Line) Dartford To Gillingham(North Kent Line)

The Southern Railway absorbed the LCDR and South Eastern Railway (SER) and sought to link the two networks to enable cross-London freight. The branch as far as Lewisham Road station was reopened on 7 July 1929, with a new connection to the SER lines at Lewisham. The branch was electrified in September 1935, allowing passenger trains from Dartford to access Victoria from 30 September 1935 (see Bexleyheath Line).