View north from the footbridge at Penge West with 700101 on a Thameslink service to Cambridge or Peterborough speeding past on 29th July 2021. This station was opened as Penge by the London & Croydon Railway in 1839 but closed in 1841. It was reopened on 1st July 1863 by the LB&SCR (that had absorbed the London & Croydon) and on the same date, the LC&DR opened their line through Penge with a totally separate station at Penge Lane. Penge was renamed Penge West and Penge Lane renamed Penge East on 9th July 1923 by the Southern Railway that had taken over both lines and stations following its formation at the Grouping on 1st January 1923.

Location: Penge West

Original line: London and Croydon Railway

Photographer: David Bosher

Contact photographer: David Bosher

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Date: 29/07/2021

Image number: 77955

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