Upper Sydenham
South of the former Lordship Lane station, the old Crystal Palace High Level branch opened in 1865 entered a cutting in the well-wooded slopes of Sydenham Hill and then the 400 yards long Crescent Wood Tunnel, emerging briefly below Wells Park Road before entering the 439 yards long Paxton tunnel, named after the designer of the Crystal Palace (which burned down in 1936) for the final haul to the commodious High Level terminus. Between the two tunnels, Upper Sydenham station was opened on 1st August 1884 and lasted for 70 years until the line's closure on 20th September 1954. Its entrance building survives to this day, seen here on the bitterly cold afternoon of Saturday, 14th January 2023, now in residential use, and is the most significant memorial to this long abandoned London suburban line.
Location: Upper Sydenham (former)
Original line: 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: 14/01/2023
Image number: 84264
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