Walworth Road railway station

Walworth Road railway station was a railway station in Walworth Road, Southwark, south London, England, on the London Chatham & Dover Railway, which opened on 1 May 1863 on the City Branch to Blackfriars as part of the company's ambitious plan to extend into the City of London.^[2] It was originally known as Camberwell Gate before changing its name in 1865.

Walworth Road
Walworth Road Railway Station Site
Location	Walworth
Local authority	Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
Number of platforms	4[1]
Railway companies
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Key dates
1 May 1863	Opened
3 April 1916	Closed to passengers
Other information
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Along with many other London stations, World War I wartime restraints forced it to close on 3 April 1916.^[3] At the time, the closure was considered temporary, but the station never reopened and was subsequently demolished. Today there are virtually no traces that this was once a station.^[4] It was planned in the 1950s to open a tube station in Walworth on the Bakerloo line, but the plans were abandoned^{[citation needed]}.

British Rail did consider reopening the station as part of Thameslink in the 1980s but never materialised.^[5]

History

In 1879 the LCDR was running the following services that stopped at Walworth Road:^[6]

• Frequent trains between Moorgate and Victoria, calling at all stations^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• Half-hourly trains between Moorgate and Clapham Junction, calling at all stations^{[lower-alpha 2]}
• Through trains from Kentish Town to Victoria, calling at all stations^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Elephant & Castle Line open, station open		London, Chatham & Dover Railway City Branch		Camberwell Line open, station closed

Notes

1. Trains called at Moorgate Street, Aldersgate Street, Snow Hill, Ludgate Hill, Blackfriars, Borough Road, Elephant and Castle, Walworth Road, Camberwell, Loughborough Junction, Brixton and South Stockwell, Clapham and North Stockwell, Wandsworth Road, Battersea Park Road, Grosvenor Road and Victoria
2. Trains ran as for the Moorgate to Victoria service, calling only at Clapham Junction after Wandsworth Road.
3. Trains called at Kentish Town, King's Cross (York Road), King's Cross (Metropolitan), Farringdon Street, Snow Hill then as for the Moorgate to Victoria service.

References

1. London Railway Atlas 4th Edition p.39
2. Blackfriars Bridge - Loughborough Junction, UK.
3. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
4. "Walworth Road Station". Disused Stations.
5. Carter, Rita (1 July 1985). Thames News. Thames Television.
6. Cook's Handbook For London. London: Thomas Cook & Son. 1879.

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