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The station was proposed in 1989 further north as 'Deptford Creek' [8] before an island platform in its current location was proposed in 1990 [9] with lift access on both sides of the A2 - the design was changed to the current layout before construction, with lifts only on the south side.
Deptford is a National Rail station in Deptford in London, England. It is on the Greenwich line, 3 miles 7 chains (5.0 km) down the line from London Bridge, and has staggered platforms on the London Bridge – Greenwich Railway Viaduct, a high brick viaduct on which the line runs at this point above Deptford High Street. It is in Travelcard zone 2.
Deptford railway station is one of the oldest suburban stations in the world, [107] being built (c.1836-38) as part of the first suburban service (the London and Greenwich Railway), between London Bridge and Greenwich. Close to Deptford Creek is a Deptford pumping station, a Victorian pumping station built in 1864, part of the massive London ...
Deptford Bridge: Lewisham: 2 & 3. 20 November 1999 [6] Deptford Creek [21] 3.10 ... Original station opened 1838 [8] Greenwich: Heron Quays (from Canary Wharf tube ...
The line opened on 8 February 1836 from Deptford, and on 24 December 1838 from a temporary station in Greenwich. Greenwich's handsome station building was designed by George Smith and opened in 1840, making it one of the oldest station buildings in the world. The South Eastern Railway (SER) leased the Greenwich branch from 1 January 1845.
The line snaked on a concrete viaduct to Deptford Bridge, before descending to Elverson Road at street level, close to Lewisham town centre, terminating in two platforms between and below the main-line platforms at Lewisham railway station, with buses stopping outside the station. The extension quickly proved profitable.
The viaduct near Bermondsey church in 1836. The London Bridge – Greenwich Railway Viaduct consists of a series of nineteen brick railway viaducts linked by road bridges between London Bridge railway station and Deptford Creek, which together make a single structure 3.45 miles (5.55 km) in length.
Operating between Deptford Bridge and Marylebone stations, [1] it parallels route 53 as far as Lambeth North station. It was initially operated by Stagecoach London's Plumstead garage with Mercedes-Benz O530G articulated buses. Night route N453 was introduced at the same time. [2]