South Bermondsey railway station

South Bermondsey
South Bermondsey
	South Bermondsey Location of South Bermondsey in Greater London
Location	South Bermondsey
Local authority	Southwark
Managed by	Southern
Station code(s)	SBM
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.781 million
2019–20	0.830 million
2020–21	0.259 million
2021–22	0.460 million
2022–23	0.495 million
Railway companies
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
13 August 1866	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
1 May 1919	Reopened
17 June 1928	New station opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
Coordinates	51°29′16″N 0°03′16″W / 51.4878°N 0.0544°W
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South Bermondsey railway station is on the South London line, serving the district of South Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark and managed and operated by Southern. It is 1 mile 63 chains (2.9 km) down the line from London Bridge; the following station on the line is Queens Road Peckham.^[4] The station is the principal stop for Millwall F.C.'s The Den.

History

The original station was situated to the north-west of South Bermondsey Junction, on the northern side of Rotherhithe New Road,^[5] very close to the now-closed Southwark Park railway station. It opened on 13 August 1866 with the South London Line, and was originally named Rotherhithe. On 1 December 1869 it was renamed South Bermondsey; Rotherhithe railway station less than a mile away opened six days later.

The original station closed on 17 June 1928, when the present station, situated south of South Bermondsey Junction, took its place.^[6] The 1928 station is on an embankment, and its platforms and buildings are of wooden construction; the current passenger access to the station from Rotherhithe New Road and Ilderton Road is by a footpath partly constructed on the embankment previously occupied by the line to Bricklayers Arms and Willow Walk Goods Depots. In 1993, football club Millwall opened their ground The Den adjacent to the station. A direct footpath was built from the station to the North Stand (away section) of the ground, this is used on match days only.

Accidents and incidents

On 21 January 1947, an empty stock train was involved in a rear-end collision with an electric multiple unit.^[7]

Services

All services at South Bermondsey are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[8]

4 tph to London Bridge
2 tph to East Croydon via Norbury
2 tph to Beckenham Junction via Crystal Palace

During the evenings (after approximately 20:00), the service between London Bridge and Beckenham Junction is reduced to hourly. This service does not run on Sundays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
London Bridge		Southern South London Line		Queens Road Peckham

Connections

London Buses routes 1, 381 and P12 serve the station.^[9]

The Quietway 1 cycle route passes the station entrance.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
^ Southern Electric 4th Edition by G.T.Moody page 6
^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 3A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
^ Mitchell, Victor E.; Smith, Keith (February 1995). South London Line. London Suburban Railways. Midhurst: Middleton Press. map above Figure 15. ISBN 1-873793-46-4.
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 200, 215. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 33. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.
^ Table 173 National Rail timetable, May 2023
^ "Buses from South Bermondsey" (PDF). TfL. July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

External links

Train times and station information for South Bermondsey railway station from National Rail

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-1] "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[2] Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley

[3] Southern Electric 4th Edition by G.T.Moody page 6

[4] Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 3A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.

[5] Mitchell, Victor E.; Smith, Keith (February 1995). South London Line. London Suburban Railways. Midhurst: Middleton Press. map above Figure 15. ISBN 1-873793-46-4.

[6] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 200, 215. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

[Trevena2-7] Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 33. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.

[8] Table 173 National Rail timetable, May 2023

[9] "Buses from South Bermondsey" (PDF). TfL. July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

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