Lewisham

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Lewisham

Station code: LEW National Rail
Where: London and South East, England
Opened on the Mid-Kent Railway.
Opened on the North Kent Railway.

Chronology Dates

04/12/1957North Kent Railway
90 are killed at Lewisham when an express trains passes signals and runs into a stopped electric train. As a result of the crash a 350 ton bridge over the line is dropped onto the crash site.

News items

23/01/2017Southeastern Railway commuters hit with major delays after freight train derails [Evening Standard]
30/09/2014Bakerloo Line extension consultation begins [BBC News]