Brockley Lane
These derelict steps are all that remain of the entrance to the former LC&DR Brockley Lane station, seen here on 15th October 2011. This was on the Greenwich Park branch that opened from Nunhead to Blackheath Hill in 1871 but was not completed to Greenwich Park, one stop further, until 1888. Brockley Lane was added in 1872. The entire line was closed as a WWI economy on 1st January 1917 but in 1929 the western section from Nunhead to a point just east of the former Lewisham Road station was reopened and electrified together with a new spur into the main Lewisham station. For many years, this was served only by peak hour passenger trains to and from London Victoria but now is open full-time. Although Brockley Lane and Lewisham Road stations were on the reopened section, they both remained closed while the rest of the Greenwich Park branch was abandoned and is now completely built over. Latter day plans to reopen Brockley Lane to interchange with nearby Brockley station have not come to fruition.
Location: Brockley Lane (former)
Original line: Greenwich Park Branch (Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Disused London stations, 1981-2022 Disused London stations 1981-2023
Date: 15/10/2011
Image number: 76594
