South Bermondsey railway station explained

South Bermondsey
Manager:Southern
Fare Zone:2
Locale:South Bermondsey
Borough:Southwark
Events1:Opened
Years1:13 August 1866
Events2:Closed
Years2:1 January 1917
Events3:Reopened
Years3:1 May 1919[1] [2]
Events4:New station opened
Years4:17 June 1928
Symbol:rail
Platforms:2
Railexits0405: 0.278
Railexits0506: 0.245
Railexits0607: 0.548
Railexits0708: 0.513
Railexits0809: 0.591
Railexits0910: 0.596
Railexits1011: 0.660
Railexits1112: 0.704
Railexits1213: 0.693
Railexits1314: 0.796
Railexits1415: 0.806
Railexits1516: 0.757
Railexits1617: 0.627
Railexits1718: 0.658 -->
Railexits1819: 0.781
Railexits1920: 0.830
Railexits2021: 0.259
Railexits2122: 0.460
Railexits2223: 0.495
Railcode:SBM
Pregroup:London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Postgroup:Southern Railway
Coordinates:51.4878°N -0.0544°W
Dft Category:E

South Bermondsey railway station is on the South London line, serving the district of South Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark and managed and operated by Southern. It is 1miles down the line from ; the following station on the line is .[3] The station is the principal stop for Millwall F.C.'s The Den.

History

The original station was situated to the north-west of South Bermondsey Junction, on the northern side of Rotherhithe New Road,[4] very close to the now-closed Southwark Park railway station. It opened on 13 August 1866 with the South London Line, and was originally named Rotherhithe. On 1 December 1869 it was renamed South Bermondsey; Rotherhithe railway station less than a mile away opened six days later.

The original station closed on 17 June 1928, when the present station, situated south of South Bermondsey Junction, took its place.[5] The 1928 station is on an embankment, and its platforms and buildings are of wooden construction; the current passenger access to the station from Rotherhithe New Road and Ilderton Road is by a footpath partly constructed on the embankment previously occupied by the line to Bricklayers Arms and Willow Walk Goods Depots. In 1993, football club Millwall opened their ground The Den adjacent to the station. A direct footpath was built from the station to the North Stand (away section) of the ground, this is used on match days only.

Accidents and incidents

Services

All services at South Bermondsey are operated by Southern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

During the evenings (after approximately 20:00), the service between London Bridge and Beckenham Junction is reduced to hourly. This service does not run on Sundays.

Connections

London Buses routes 1, 381 and P12 serve the station.[7]

The Quietway 1 cycle route passes the station entrance.

Notes and References

  1. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
  2. Southern Electric 4th Edition by G.T.Moody page 6
  3. Book: Yonge, John . Jacobs . Gerald . Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL . 3rd . November 2008 . 1994 . Trackmaps . Bradford on Avon . 978-0-9549866-4-3 . map 3A .
  4. Book: Mitchell . Victor E. . Smith . Keith . South London Line . London Suburban Railways . February 1995 . Middleton Press . Midhurst . 1-873793-46-4 . map above Figure 15 .
  5. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 200, 215 .
  6. Book: Trevena, Arthur . Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. . 1981 . Atlantic Books . Redruth . 0-906899-03-6 . 33 .
  7. Web site: Buses from South Bermondsey. July 2022. TfL. 31 July 2022.