Loughborough Junction
Loughborough Junction, which gave its name to the surrounding south London district, looking north on 19th October 2013. It is on the LCDR City Extension Railway from Herne Hill, opened on 6th October 1863 with spurs to the west (the Brixton spur) and the east (the Cambria Road spur). Platforms on the Brixton spur were opened on 1st October 1864 and given the name Loughborough Road. On 11th December 1872 platforms were opened on the line coming up from Herne Hill and also on the Cambria Road spur and the station became Loughborough Junction. Passenger services over the Brixton spur ceased on 3rd April 1916 and its platforms closed. Following Southern electrification of these lines in 1925, the platforms on the Cambria Road spur were also closed, even though these trains still passed as they do to this day. For nearly 100 years now, only the island platform on what is now the Thameslink line has survived. The canopy could do with a coat of paint.
Location: Loughborough Junction
Original line: Metropolitan Extensions: Herne Hill to the Metropolitan Railway (London, Chatham and Dover Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Date: 19/10/2013
Image number: 77771
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