Herne Hill railway station

Herne Hill railway station is a train station in Herne Hill, a location in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London, England. Its location is grid reference TQ319744.

Herne Hill
Herne Hill Location of Herne Hill in Greater London
Location	Herne Hill
Local authority	London Borough of Lambeth
Grid reference	TQ319744
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	HNH
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2 and 3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2013–14	3.308 million[2]
2014–15	3.397 million[2]
2015–16	2.971 million[2]
– interchange	1.688 million[2]
2016–17	2.873 million[2]
– interchange	1.655 million[2]
2017–18	2.952 million[2]
– interchange	1.734 million[2]
Railway companies
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
25 August 1862 (1862-08-25)	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.453°N 0.102°W / 51.453; -0.102

Transport for London has thought of making the Victoria line go to Herne Hill to give faster turnaround at the southern end of the line. The extension is not a high thing for TfL as it has a weaker business case than other projects.^[3]

Services

The station is looked after by Southeastern train operating company. The off-peak service pattern as of May 2012^[update] is:

• Two trains per hour (tph) to Luton around Elephant & Castle^[4]
• 2 tph to St Albans around Elephant & Castle^[4]
• 4 tph to London Victoria around Brixton^[5]
• 4 tph to Orpington around Beckenham Junction^[6]
• 2 tph to Sutton around Wimbledon^[7]
• 2 tph to Sutton around Mitcham Eastfields^[7]

On Sunday, northbound Sutton Loop trains change between stopping at Blackfriars and Luton.^[8] Late-night Sutton loop services (21:57 onwards) run to Bedford from Monday-Saturday and finish at Blackfriars on Sunday.^[9]

First Capital Connect and Southeastern jointly have extra peak trains from Herne Hill to Beford (morning and evening peaks),^[10] Beckenham Junction Kent House, Rochester and Swanley (evening peak only).^[11]

Buses

Herne Hill has buses by London bus which routes are 3, 37 (24 hours), 68, 196, 201, 322, 468, N3 and N68. The nearest London Underground station is Brixton.^[12]