Lower Sydenham Railway Station

Lower Sydenham railway station is located on the boundary of London Borough of Bromley and the London Borough of Lewisham in south east London. The station serves the localities of Lower Sydenham and Southend. Served and managed by Southeastern, it is on the Hayes Line as part of its Metro routes. HistoryEarly years (1857-1922)The Mid Kent line was built by the Mid-Kent and North Kent Junction Railway and was opened on 1 January 1857 as far as Beckenham Junction . From opening the line was worked by the South Eastern Railway . On opening Lower Sydenham was provided with a small goods yard. Seven years later the MK& NKJR built an extension from a new junction station at New Beckenham to Croydon which again was operated by the SER. In 1878 a connection was added a quarter mile north of the station to serve the Crystal Palace District Gas Company . Almost all services from the station have terminated at Charing Cross or Cannon Street stations but between 1880 and 1884 a service worked between Croydon calling all stations to New Cross and then via a connection to the East London Line and terminating at Liverpool Street station. In the 1890s housing developed to the north and west of the station.

Lower Sydenham railway station is located on the boundary of London Borough of Bromley and the London Borough of Lewisham in south east London. The station serves the localities of Lower Sydenham and Southend. Served and managed by Southeastern, it is on the Hayes Line as part of its Metro routes. HistoryEarly years (1857-1922)The Mid Kent line was built by the Mid-Kent and North Kent Junction Railway and was opened on 1 January 1857 as far as Beckenham Junction . From opening the line was worked by the South Eastern Railway . On opening Lower Sydenham was provided with a small goods yard. Seven years later the MK& NKJR built an extension from a new junction station at New Beckenham to Croydon which again was operated by the SER. In 1878 a connection was added a quarter mile north of the station to serve the Crystal Palace District Gas Company . Almost all services from the station have terminated at Charing Cross or Cannon Street stations but between 1880 and 1884 a service worked between Croydon calling all stations to New Cross and then via a connection to the East London Line and terminating at Liverpool Street station. In the 1890s housing developed to the north and west of the station.