Background photo taken at Seven Sisters
St Helier railway station is in the London Borough of Merton in South London. The station is served by Thameslink, and is on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 4. Parliamentary approval for a line from Wimbledon to Sutton had been obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 but work was delayed by World War I. From the W&SR's inception, the District Railway (DR) was a shareholder of the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built in the 1920s. The National Rail information for this station can be found here.
The platforms here are open air.
St. James Street is a railway station on the Chingford branch of the Lea Valley lines, located in Walthamstow in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, east London. It is 5 miles 55 chains (9.2 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Clapton and Walthamstow Central. It has been operated by London Overground since 2015.
The station is in Travelcard Zone 3.
There is a museum called Walthamstow Pumphouse, near here where they have some old rolling stock converted into a restaurant, however the closest station is actually St. James Street and not Walthamstow. The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms are open air and are elevated above a road.
After the transfer of the "West Anglian" portion of the former West Anglia Great Northern franchise to National Express East Anglia, the station was redeveloped. A dual staircase was constructed, allowing passengers to access the platform without passing through the main body of the station itself, and permitting the ticket office to be locked overnight.
St James's Park is a London Underground station near St James's Park in the City of Westminster, central London. It is served by the District and Circle lines and is between Victoria and Westminster stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.
The station building is incorporated into 55 Broadway, formerly the headquarters of Transport for London, and has entrances both on the junction of 55 Broadway and Petty France and on Palmer Street, opposite Starbucks. The station is close to several government offices. The station is not wheelchair accessible.
The station was opened on 24 December 1868 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) when the company opened the first section of its line between South Kensington and Westminster stations. The DR connected to the Metropolitan Railway (MR, later the Metropolitan line) at South Kensington and, although the two companies were rivals, each company operated its trains over the other's tracks in a joint service known as the "Inner Circle".. The platforms are about 5.8 metres underground.The park itself cannot be seen from the station entrances, but is less than a 5 minute walk away from the station
Over time, the station name has been spelled differently, illustrating the changing practice in punctuation:
"St James' Park" and "St James's Park".
St. John's Wood is a London Underground station located in St John's Wood in the City of Westminster, north-west London.
The station was opened on 20th November 1939 on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road when the Metropolitan line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line. The new station replaced two nearby stations on the Metropolitan line which had closed the previous day. These were Lord's (originally named St. John's Wood Road, then St. John's Wood and, finally, Lord's) and Marlborough Road. It was originally proposed to be called "Acacia Road"
The station was transferred along with the rest of the Stanmore branch to the Jubilee line when it opened on 1 May 1979. There are a lot of the original station features here, including the uplighters on the escalators, and this station is the nearest to Lord's Cricket Ground and Abbey Road Studios, (Not Abbey Road Station) The platforms here are about 18.6 metres underground.
This station is the closest to the abandoned Marlborough Road station.
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St Mary Cray railway station is in St Mary Cray, South East London within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 14 miles 57 chains (23.7 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are operated by Southeastern, who manage the station, and Thameslink.
It is in Travelcard Zone 6, and the station is managed by Southeastern. Services are provided by Southeastern, and Thameslink. The station has four open air platforms, platforms 1 and 3 being for services to Central London via Bromley South, platform 2 for services to Sevenoaks and Ashford International and platform 4 for services to Gillingham. The station originally had two side platforms with the tracks in between. It was reconstructed in 1959 and now has two island platforms with tracks on either side of each.
The National Rail information about this station can be found here.
St Paul's is a London Underground station located in the City of London financial district. The station, which takes its name from the nearby St Paul's Cathedral, is on the Central line, between Bank and Chancery Lane stations, and is in fare zone 1.
It should not be confused with City Thameslink railway station which opened in 1990 with the name St. Paul's Thameslink, but is some distance from the Underground station. That station was subsequently renamed City Thameslink to avoid confusion for the emergency services, but for some years afterwards many maps and guidebooks in circulation continued to carry the earlier name. The station was opened by the Central London Railway (CLR) on 30 July 1900 with the name Post Office, after the headquarters of the General Post Office on nearby St. Martin's Le Grand. The name Post Office was possibly chosen instead of the more obvious St. Paul's to differentiate it from a South Eastern Railway (SER) station which already held that name (but which today is called Blackfriars). There was a deep level shelter planned for here during the war, but never came about.
The platforms were built under the road, which was quite narrow at the time, which meant that the Westbound platform sits on top of the Eastbound platform, but is the opposite way around at Chancery Lane. The platforms are about 17.5 metres and 22.2 metres underground.
Sandilands tram stop is a light rail stop in the London Borough of Croydon in the southern suburbs of London. It serves the residential area along Addiscombe Road to the east of the centre of the town of Croydon.
Immediately to the east of the tram stop, the line descends in cutting to a junction with the track bed of the former Woodside and South Croydon Railway. To the west of the stop, the line runs alongside Addiscombe Road on a reserved track as far as the junction with Chepstow Road. From Chepstow Road the line runs within Addiscombe Road, sharing road space with buses and local traffic.
The area of Sandilands tram stop was one of the few places where property demolition was needed during the construction of Tramlink, in order to make way for both the stop and the cutting link to the former railway line. The platforms here are open air
Early in the morning of 9 November 2016, seven people died and more than 50 were injured when a tram derailed and rolled over at Sandilands junction, 150 metres (490 ft) southeast of the tram stop where two lines converge with a sharp bend, after having just passed through Sandilands Tunnel.
Seven Kings railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line serving the district of Seven Kings in the London Borough of Redbridge, east London. It is 8 miles 46 chains (13.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Ilford and Goodmayes. Its three-letter station code is SVK and it is in Travelcard Zone 4.
The station was opened on 1 March 1899 by the Great Eastern Railway. It was previously managed by TfL Rail. Services call at Seven Kings as part of the Shenfield-Liverpool Street stopping "metro" service. As of 24th May 2022 the TfL Rail service has been re-branded as the Elizabeth line as part of the Crossrail project. The National Rail information can be found here. The platforms are open air.
Toilets accessible inside ticket gate line - Overground/Mainline ONLY
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Seven Sisters is a National Rail, London Overground and London Underground Victoria line station in the Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, north London. The station has two entrances/exits, one on Tottenham High Road, and the other on Seven Sisters Road.
The station is in Travelcard Zone 3. Seven Sisters lies between Finsbury Park and Tottenham Hale on the Victoria line and between Stamford Hill and Bruce Grove on the Lea Valley Cheshunt/Enfield Town Line from Liverpool Street, operated by London Overground.
Abellio Greater Anglia also serve at peak times. It is a short distance from South Tottenham station on London Overground's Gospel Oak to Barking line.
The station was constructed by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway line and opened on 22 July 1872. On 1 January 1878, the GER opened a branch line, the Palace Gates Line, from Seven Sisters station to Noel Park and later that year to Palace Gates (Wood Green) station. This line closed 7th January 1963.
The station was later redeveloped and the Underground services commenced 1st September 1968.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here. Station layout.(National Rail). Station layout (Underground)
There is a building for the Overground, which gives access to the Underground. The underground is accessed by subway entrances, which can be used to access the mainline station, however, it would be quicker and easier to walk along the road, rather than going down and under. The Overground/National Rail platforms are open air and elevated above street level and the 3 Underground platforms are about 18.6 metres below ground, 2 of which can be used to access Northumberland Park Depot - the only part of the Victoria line that is open air.
Shadwell is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Shadwell in east London, England and is between the terminals of Bank and Tower Gateway to the west and Limehouse to the east. The 1991 Bank extension joins the main DLR line just to the west of Shadwell. It is located near Shadwell railway station for London Overground services, in Travelcard Zone 2.
This station opened on 31 August 1987 as part of the first tranche of DLR stations. It is located 50 yards to the west of an earlier station that was first called Shadwell and then renamed Shadwell & St. George's East, serving the slow lines of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway that this section of the DLR replaced. The platforms here are open air and are elevated above street level.
The Overground station is a short walk away and an out of station interchange
Shadwell is a London Overground station in Shadwell in East London. It was formerly a London Underground station on the East London line until 2007. The station is between Whitechapel to the north and Wapping to the south. It is located near to Shadwell DLR station. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.
The Overground station is underground (the DLR station is on a viaduct).
The Overground platforms are decorated with enamel panels designed by Sarah McMenemy in 1995.
The original station was one of the oldest on the network, and was built over a spring and connects with the Thames Tunnel. First opened by the East London Railway on 10 April 1876, it was first served by the District Railway and Metropolitan Railway on 1 October 1884. It was renamed Shadwell & St. George-in-the-East on 1 July 1900, but reverted to its original name in 1918. A new ticket hall was built on Cable Street in 1983, replacing the original building in Watney Street, which was demolished in May 2010. Access to the station platforms was through lifts or stairs and is now just stairs. The station was closed between 1995 and 1998, owing to repair work on the East London line's Thames Tunnel.
It closed again on 22 December 2007 and it reopened on 27 April 2010 as an Overground station. The platforms are below ground, with the end being open air, from the days where steam trains used to run through here.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here
Shenfield railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the town of Shenfield, Essex. As well as being a key interchange for medium- and long-distance services on the main line, it is also the western terminus of a branch line to Southend Victoria and the eastern terminus of the stopping "metro" service to and from London Liverpool Street previously operated by TfL Rail. Since 24th May 2022, it has been operated by the Elizabeth line. It is 20 miles 16 chains (32.51 km) down the line from Liverpool Street and is situated between Brentwood and either Ingatestone on the main line or Billericay on the branch line. Its three-letter station code is SNF and the National Rail information for the station can be found here. The platforms here are open air.
The station was opened in 1843 and has since expanded from its original three platforms to the current six
Shepherd's Bush is a London Underground station in the district of Shepherd's Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The station is on the Central line, between White City and Holland Park stations, and it lies in Travelcard Zone 2.
The station originally opened in 1900 with lifts, but now has escalators. This station was closed for eight months in 2008 while the surface station building was replaced with a completely new structure and the underground station refurbished.
A number of stations in the area both past and present have borne the name Shepherd's Bush; today the Central line station shares its name with the adjacent London Overground Shepherd's Bush station, with which it shares a surface-level interchange.
An entirely separate London Underground station, Shepherd's Bush Market on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines is located approximately 1⁄3-mile (500 m) away. Until 2008, it too was called Shepherd's Bush until it was renamed to avoid confusion.
The platforms here are about 18.3 metres underground.If you stand at the East end of the platform, you can see both platforms at the same time. There are public toilets located outside the station entrance, between the Underground Station and the Overground Station.
Over the years there has been 3 other stations called Shepherd's Bush which can be found here.
Shepherd's Bush station is a railway station located in the district of Shepherd's Bush in Greater London, England, UK. It opened on 29 September 2008 on the West London line and is served by London Overground and Southern rail services. It lies within Travelcard Zone 2.
A number of stations in the area both past and present have borne the name Shepherd's Bush; today the National Rail station shares its name with the adjacent Central line Shepherd's Bush, with which it shares a surface-level interchange. This was built on the site of the former Uxbridge Road Tube station, which opened 1st November 1869 and closed 21st October 1940 and was demolished after.
An entirely separate London Underground station, Shepherd's Bush Market on the Circle line and Hammersmith & City line located approximately 500 metres (0.3 miles) away was originally called Shepherd's Bush. This station was renamed on 12 October that year to Shepherd's Bush Market to avoid confusion.
There are public toilets located outside the entrance for the Underground station.
Over the years there has been 3 other stations called Shepherd's Bush which can be found here.
The platforms here are open air and the National Rail information for this station can be found here.
Shepherd's Bush Market is a London Underground station in the district of Shepherd's Bush in west London. It is on the Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines, between Goldhawk Road and Wood Lane stations, and it is in Travelcard Zone 2. Shepherd's Bush Market, from which the station takes its name, is an open-air market which runs parallel to the railway line.
The Metropolitan Railway (MR) opened the original station on 13th June 1864 as Shepherd's Bush on its new extension to Hammersmith. from Ladbroke Grove. It was located in the arches of the viaduct, which now runs behind the Shepherd's Bush Market.
From 1 October 1877 until 31 December 1906 the MR also ran direct services along this line to Richmond via the now disused Hammersmith (Grove Road).
The original MR Shepherd's Bush station closed on 31st March 1914, when Goldhawk Road and Shepherd's Bush Market opened 1st April 1914, which was done to allow a better flow of passengers to a very busy area.
This station previously called Shepherd's Bush and renamed in 2008 when the Shepherd's Bush Overground station opened, to avoid confusion. Shepherd's Bush Underground/Overground stations are about a 10 minute walk away from this station. There is barely not any trace of the original MR station today.
The platforms here are open air and elevated above a road. There is a diagram here, which shows the Shepherd's Bush stations
Shoreditch High Street is a London Overground station on Bethnal Green Road in Shoreditch, in East London. It is served by the East London Line between Whitechapel and Hoxton with services running either to Dalston Junction, Highbury & Islington or New Cross, New Cross Gate, West Croydon, Crystal Palace, and is in Travelcard Zone 1.
The station officially opened to the public on 27 April 2010 and replaced nearby tube station Shoreditch, which was directly to the east and closed in 2006. The platforms are above street level and are enclosed with retail space above.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here
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Shortlands railway station is in Shortlands, in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It serves the southwest part of Bromley, and is 10 miles 3 chains (16.2 km) down the line from London Victoria. The station is located on the A222 road. Shortlands Junction, just west of the station, is where the Catford Loop Line joins the Chatham Main Line: the two lines are split into slow and fast pairs through the station, which consists of two island platforms on an embankment. The station is in London Travelcard Zone 4, and the station is managed by Southeastern and trains are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink.
It was originally opened by the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway on 3 May 1858. The station was enlarged and rebuilt to its present form in 1892–94. The platforms are open air and above street level.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here.
Silver Street is a London Overground station on the Lea Valley lines located in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is 7 miles 75 chains (12.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between White Hart Lane and Edmonton Green.
Its three-letter station code is SLV and it is in Travelcard zone 4.
Silver Street was originally a stop on the Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway and opened on 22 July 1872
The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms here are open air and elevated above street level.
Slade Green railway station is in the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London, on the North Kent Line. It is 15 miles 30 chains (24.7 km) measured from London Charing Cross.
The station was built in 1900 to serve the developing community. It opened as "Slades Green" and it was not until 1953 that this was changed to Slade Green. There was a level crossing across the tracks at the south end of the station but this and the signal box closed in November 1970 when the line was resignalled. As of 2019 the station and trains serving it are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink.
Step free access to Platform 1 for services towards London via side entrance on the junction of Whitehall Lane and Howbury Lane. No step free interchange between platforms. Step access between platforms via Subway.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here.
Sloane Square is a London Underground station in Chelsea, serving Sloane Square. It is served by the District and Circle lines, between South Kensington and Victoria stations and is in Travelcard Zone 1.
The station was opened on 24 December 1868 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) when the company opened the first section of its line between South Kensington and Westminster stations. The Circle line services commenced in 1872.
The construction of the station was complicated by the crossing of the site by the River Westbourne which ran through Hyde Park as the Serpentine Lake and was originally crossed by the Knight's Bridge at Knightsbridge. The river was carried above the platform in a large iron pipe suspended from girders. It remains in place today. The platforms are about 7.75 metres underground.
Slough railway station, in Slough, Berkshire, England, is on the Great Western Main Line, halfway between London Paddington and Reading. It is 18 miles 36 chains (18.45 mi; 29.7 km) down the line from the zero point at Paddington and is situated between Langley to the east and Burnham to the west. The station is just to the north of the town centre, on the north side of the A4.
It is served by Great Western Railway, with services to Paddington, Reading, Oxford, and Didcot Parkway; Since 24th May 2022 the former TfL Rail local services between Paddington and Reading have been served by the Elizabeth line. It is the junction for the Windsor branch.
The first section of the Great Western Railway (GWR), between the original station at Paddington and the original station at Maidenhead, opened on 4 June 1838, but although trains stopped at Slough, there was no actual station: tickets were sold at the Crown Inn. Following a repeal of the relevant clauses in the GWR Act, the first proper station at Slough opened on 1 June 1840.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here.
Snaresbrook is a London Underground station on the Central line, located in the area of Snaresbrook in East London. The station is in Zone 3/4, between Leytonstone and South Woodford stations.
The station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 22 August 1856 as part of their branch to Loughton which opened that day. Originally named Snaresbrook, the station was renamed several times: Snaresbrook for Wanstead in 1857; Snaresbrook and Wanstead in November 1898; Snaresbrook for Wanstead in 1929; and Snaresbrook on 14 December 1947.The station formed part of the Great Eastern Railway's system until that company amalgamated with other railways to create the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. The station was subsequently transferred to form part of London Underground's Central line from 14 December 1947. This formed a part of the long planned, and delayed, Eastern Extension of the Central line that was part of the London Passenger Transport Board's "New Works Programme" of 1935–1940.
The station is a fine survivor of a Victorian suburban station, with later additions, and includes a brick built station building as well as extensive cast iron and timber canopies to the platforms. A small secondary ticket office, serving the westbound platforms, was constructed in c.1948 but this is now unused. The platforms here are open air.
South Acton railway station is in the London Borough of Ealing in South Acton. It is on the North London Line, and the station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground. It is in Travelcard Zone 3. Until 1959 it was also served by the District line of the London Underground. with a service to Acton Town. The TfL step free guide states: "Step free platform interchange requires a 1300m journey by street. Use the Kingswood Terrace for Westbound platform. Use the Palmerston Road entrance for eastbound platform"
South Acton station was opened on 1 January 1880 by the North & South Western Junction Railway for North London Line trains on the London Broad Street - Richmond line. The platforms here are open air. The National Rail information for this station can be found here.
South Croydon railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, in Travelcard Zone 5. It is on the Brighton Line at its junction with the Oxted Line, 11 miles 21 chains (18.1 km) measured from London Bridge.
The station is managed by Southern, and the station is served by both Southern and Thameslink services.
Originally South Croydon was a terminus next to the through lines of the Brighton Line but without any platforms on them, the end of a 1 mile (1.6 km) extension of the local lines from New Croydon, opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 September 1865.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms are open air.
South Ealing tube station is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Ealing. The station is on the Heathrow Airport branch of the Piccadilly line, between Acton Town and Northfields stations. It is located on South Ealing Road and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
South Ealing station was opened as a stop on the District Railway (later the District line) on 1 May 1883. These trains were initially steam-powered, but the line has been electrified since 1905.
The station has been served by the Piccadilly line since 29 April 1935. It was modernised between 1935 and 1936, with the original buildings replaced, the eastbound platform receiving a new concrete canopy and waiting room and electric lights being installed.
The District line service was withdrawn in 1964. The station building was again replaced in 1983. The platforms here are open air.
South Hampstead railway station is on Loudoun Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is about 550 yards (500 m) south west of Swiss Cottage Underground station and is an out of station interchange.
The Chiltern Main Line crosses over the east end of the station on a bridge, briefly in open air between tunnelled sections on each side of the cutting. This station closed 1st January 1917 and reopened 10th July 1922. It opened 2nd June 1879 as "Loudon Road station" and acquired its present name in 1922 when it reopened.
Two platforms on the Euston to Watford DC Line remain; those on the slow main lines were largely demolished in the 1960s. During the West Coast Main Line electrification the original LNWR street building was replaced by one in the 1960s "brick lavatory" style and a new station footbridge was constructed. Traces of the removed station canopies and older footbridge can be seen in the brickwork of the retaining walls on both sides of the line.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here.
Original station entrance, now used by maintenance teams
South Harrow is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line. The station is between Sudbury Hill and Rayners Lane. It is located on Northolt Road (A312). The station is in Travelcard Zone 5. There are several bus stands outside the station as well as overnight train stabling sidings.
South Harrow station was opened on 28 June 1903 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) as the terminus of its new extension from Park Royal & Twyford Abbey On 1st March 1910 it became a through station, on 4th July 1932 it became a Piccadilly line terminus, on 23rd October 1933, the District line, services eastbound ceased. On 23 October 1933 the Piccadilly line to Uxbridge commenced. On 5th July 1935 the station entrance was relocated to where it is today. The original building is still in situ and can be seen on the westbound platform. In
1954, the goods yard closed. The platforms here are open air. If you are travelling to central London, it is normally quicker to travel to Rayners Lane and get the Metropolitan line in.
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South Kensington is a London Underground station in the district of South Kensington, south west London. It is served by the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines. This station is a listed building and it is in Travelcard Zone 1. The main station entrance is located at the junction of Old Brompton Road (A3218). The station is in two parts: sub-surface platforms opened in 1868 by the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway as part of the companies' extension of the Inner Circle route eastwards from Gloucester Road to Westminster and deep level platforms opened in 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.
On the 1st October 1868, this was opened by the Metropolitan Railway, on the 24th December 1868 District line services started, on 1st February 1872, the "Outer Circle" (NLR) services started, on 1st August 1872 the "Middle Circle" (H&CR/DR) services started, on 30th June 1900 the "Middle Circle" services were stopped, on the 15th December 1906, the Piccadilly line was opened by the GNP&BR and the station had it's own entrance built for them, which still stands, but is no longer in use. (See this video). On the 31st December 1908 the "Outer Circle" service ceased and in 1949 the full Circle line was in use. There is a disused platform here from where the station has been redeveloped.
The District lines platforms are underground at about 8.2 metres (Circle/District) and the Piccadilly line Eastbound about 18.9 metres and the Piccadilly Westbound about 24.3 metres
South Kenton is a National Rail suburban rail station in Kenton, north-west London. The station is served by suburban services operated by Arriva Rail London and London Underground Limited (LUL) services. It is on both the London Overground Watford DC line and Bakerloo line between Kenton to the north, and North Wembley to the south.
The station opened on 3 July 1933 with access from both sides of the railway via a footbridge to the single island platform serving only the Euston-Watford DC line. The platform height is an intermediate height, so that it can accommodate mainline trains and Underground ones., so there is a step between the train and the platform. The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms here are open air.
South Merton railway station is located in Morden, the administrative centre of the London Borough of Merton in South London. The station is served by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 4.
Parliamentary approval for a line from Wimbledon to Sutton had been obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 but work had been delayed by World War I. From the W&SR's inception, the District Railway (DR) was a shareholder of the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built. In the 1920s, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL, precursor of London Underground) planned, through its ownership of the DR and the City and South London Railway (C&SLR, now the Northern line), to use part of the W&SR's route for an extension of the C&SLR to Sutton. The SR objected and an agreement was reached that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far as Morden in exchange for the LER giving up its rights over the W&SR route. The SR subsequently built the line, one of the last to be built in the London area.
In the original 1910 permission, the station was named "Merton Park" (not to be confused with Merton Park on the Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway to the north) due to its proximity to the Merton Park estate then being laid out to the north and Merton Park golf course to the south which was subsequently developed for housing.The station opened as the temporary terminus of the line when the first section opened from Wimbledon on 7 July 1929. The remainder of the line to Sutton opened on 5th January 1930.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here.The platforms here are open air.
South Quay is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station on the Isle of Dogs, East London, England. The station is between Crossharbour and Heron Quays stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2. South Quay is in Millwall and is located on the southern shore of the South Dock of the West India Docks; the current station platforms sit astride the channel connecting Millwall Dock to the West India Docks.
The original South Quay station opened in 1987 in Millwall and was a standard DLR phase 1 elevated station, subsequently extended to permit the use of 2 unit trains. The platforms here are open air and elevated above street level.
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South Ruislip is a station served by London Underground and Chiltern Railways in South Ruislip in North-West London. The station is owned, managed and staffed by London Underground. The station is in Travelcard Zone 5.
The GWR/GCR Joint line to High Wycombe carried services from both Paddington and Marylebone. They met at Northolt Junction, situated slightly to the east of the station, from where four tracks ran westwards to Ruislip Gardens and West Ruislip; there the route shrank to two tracks only. Opened on 1 May 1908 and originally known as Northolt Junction, the station became South Ruislip & Northolt Junction from September 1932 and received its present name on 30 June 1947. Central line services began from 21st November 1948.
The booking hall was redeveloped in 1960.The National Rail information for this station can be found here.
The platforms here are open air.
More photos can be seen at: https://tubemapper.com/south-ruislip-station/
South Tottenham is a railway station on the east–west Gospel Oak to Barking Line of the London Overground. It is located on the eastern side of the north–south A10 High Road in Tottenham, North London, 5 miles 69 chains (9.4 km) from St Pancras (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction) and situated between Harringay Green Lanes and Blackhorse Road. It is in Zone 3, it opened as 'South Tottenham and Stamford Hill' station on 1 May 1871, on the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway, it was renamed 'South Tottenham' in 1949.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms are open air.
South Wimbledon is a London Underground station in South Wimbledon, a suburb of Wimbledon in south-west London. The station is on the Northern line, situated between Colliers Wood and Morden stations. It is located on the corner of Merton High Street (A238) and Morden Road (A219). South Wimbledon is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 3 and Zone 4.
The station was opened on 13 September 1926 as part of the Morden extension of the City & South London Railway south from Clapham Common. On the original plan it had the name "Merton Grove". For geographical accuracy, the station was shown as "South Wimbledon (Merton)" on tube maps from 1928, the name was also modified on platform signage, though not on the station building at street level. This station is a listed building. The platforms are about 12.5 metres underground.
South Woodford, originally George Lane, is a London Underground station in the suburb of South Woodford in East London. It is on the Epping branch of the Central line, between Snaresbrook and Woodford stations and is in Travelcard Zone 4.
The station opened on 22 August 1856 as part of the Eastern Counties Railway branch to Loughton which opened that day. Originally named George Lane, the station was renamed twice: South Woodford (George Lane) on 5 July 1937; and South Woodford on 14 December 1947 (when it became the Central line). The station formed part of the Great Eastern Railway's system until that company amalgamated with other railways to create the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. On 5 July 1937 the station was renamed "South Woodford (George Lane).
Step free access is available from street to platform, but not platform to platform. To transfer between platforms, you need to use the George Lane (West) entrance for the westbound platform and use the Station Passage (East) for the eastbound platform. The distance between the two entrances is about 125 metres. The platforms here are open air.
Southall is a railway station on the Great Western Main Line in Southall, London, England. It is in Travelcard Zone 4 and passenger services are provided by Great Western Railway from London Paddington and by The Elizabeth line (formerly TfL Rail) to Heathrow Airport. It is 9 miles 6 chains (14.6 km) down the line from Paddington and is situated between Hanwell to the east and Hayes & Harlington to the west.
The original station building is still in situ, but has now been decommissioned since 24th May 2022, when the ownership was transferred to the Elizabeth line and a new building constructed with step-free access as part of the Crossrail project.
The Great Western Railway opened Southall railway station on 1 May 1839, nearly one year after it opened its first railway line on 4 June 1838, between London Paddington and Maidenhead Riverside (the latter now known as Taplow).
From 1 March 1883 to 30 September 1885 District Railway services ran here.
Southall station has bilingual station signage, owing to the large Punjabi community in the local area. Station signs on the platforms bear "Southall" and also "ਸਾਊਥਹਾਲ" in Gurmukhī, a script commonly used for the Punjabi language.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms are open air. The station was built with 5 platforms, but only 4 are now in use.
Southbury is a London Overground station on the Southbury Loop section of the Lea Valley lines, located on the easterly side of Enfield in north London. It is 10 miles 32 chains (16.7 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Edmonton Green and Turkey Street.
The station is in Travelcard Zone 5. The line from Bury Street Junction, north of Edmonton Green station, to Cheshunt was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 1 October 1891 when this station opened with the name Churchbury. The line was known as the Churchbury Loop. The district was still predominantly rural, and the coming of the tram to Waltham Cross in 1904 saw the railway unable to compete. Passenger services ceased on 1 October 1909, but were reinstated for munitions workers between 1 March 1915 and 1 July 1919.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms are open air.
Southfields is a London Underground station in Southfields in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The station is on the District line between East Putney and Wimbledon Park stations and is closer to Wimbledon tennis courts than Wimbledon station. The station is located on Wimbledon Park Road at the junction with Augustus Road and Replingham Road. It is in Travelcard Zone 3.
The station was opened by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on 3 June 1889 on an extension from Putney Bridge station to Wimbledon. The extension was built by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) which, starting on 1 July 1889, ran its own trains over the line from a connection at East Putney to its Clapham Junction to Barnes line.
The section of the District line from Putney Bridge to Wimbledon was the last part of the line to be converted from steam operation to electric. Electric trains began running on 27 August 1905.
Main line services through Southfields were ended by the Southern Railway (successor to the L&SWR) on 4 May 1941, although the line remained in British Rail ownership until 1 April 1994 when it was transferred to London Underground. Until the transfer, the station was branded as a British Rail station.
The station platform undergoes a makeover each year, funded by a particular company for advertising purposes, to coincide with the Wimbledon tennis tournament. The platforms here are open air.
Southgate is a London Underground Piccadilly line station in Southgate. It is located between Arnos Grove and Oakwood stations and is in Travelcard Zone 4.Southgate station opened on 13 March 1933 with Oakwood on the second phase of the northern extension of the Piccadilly line from Finsbury Park to Cockfosters.
The original bronze uplighters still exist on the escalators.The station was developed as a bus/underground interchange and the main building sits on an island between Southgate Circus and Station Parade where a series of bus stops are located. A secondary building containing shops wraps around the other side of the parade.
This station is a listed building. The platforms are about 12.5 metres underground.
Southwark is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark at the corner of Blackfriars Road and The Cut. It is between Waterloo and London Bridge stations on the Jubilee line, and is in Travelcard Zone 1. It was opened on 20 November 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension. The station is somewhat west of historic Southwark, which is served by Borough and London Bridge stations. Its entrance is across the road from the disused Blackfriars Road railway station. Waterloo East Mainline station is a short walk away from here. Its entrance is across the road from the disused Blackfriars Road railway station.
It is on a cramped site, with its platforms underneath the Victorian main line viaduct between Waterloo East and London Bridge stations. The site presented significant technical and architectural difficulties which were resolved by constructing two concourses at different levels The platforms are about 24.0 metres below ground.
Stamford Brook is a London Underground station on the eastern edge of Chiswick in west London. The station is served by the District line and is between Ravenscourt Park and Turnham Green stations. The main entrance is located on Goldhawk Road (A402) with a secondary entrance on Prebend Gardens. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.
The line through Stamford Brook station was opened on 1 January 1869 by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) on a new branch line to Richmond from the West London Joint Railway starting north of Addison Road station (now Kensington (Olympia)). The line ran through Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith via a now closed curve. Initially there were no stations between Grove Road station in Hammersmith (also now closed) and Turnham Green.
From its opening, a number of services operated over the route to Richmond in addition to the L&SWR including:
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District Railway (DR, now the District line) from 1 June 1877
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Great Western Railway, briefly in 1870 and from 1894 to 1910
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Metropolitan Railway (now the Metropolitan line), from 1877 to 1906
By 1 February 1912 when the station opened, only L&SWR and the DR still operated on the line and on 3 June 1916 the L&SWR withdrew its own service leaving the District Railway as the sole operator. Although the Westbound Piccadilly services can stop here, they only stop if they need to very occasionally. The platforms here are open air.
Stamford Hill is a London Overground station on the Lea Valley Lines, serving Stamford Hill and neighbouring areas. It is 5 miles 3 chains (8.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and situated between Stoke Newington and Seven Sisters stations. Its three-letter station code is SMH and it is in Travelcard zone 3. The National Rail information can be found here.The platforms are open air here.
Stanmore is a London Underground station in Stanmore. It is the northern terminus of the Jubilee line; the next station towards Central London is Canons Park. The station is on the south side of London Road, part of the A410 and is in Travelcard Zone 5.
Stanmore station was opened on 10 December 1932 by the Metropolitan Railway (now the Metropolitan line). The station building and those on the branch were designed by the Metropolitan Railway's architect, Charles W. Clarke, The line was transferred to the Bakerloo line on 29th November 1939 and then to the Jubilee line 1st May 1979. There are no lifts here, just a ramp to access all platforms. The platforms here are open air.
Star Lane is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Canning Town, east London. Located on the Stratford International extension of the Docklands Light Railway between Stratford and Canning Town, it opened on 31 August 2011.
The station is on the original route of the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway, which opened between Stratford and Canning Town in 1846. The line became part of, what is now known as, the North London line in 1979. The Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway had four tracks over this section of route. The western pair were redeveloped as part of an extension to the London Underground's Jubilee line in 1999 and the eastern pair, which carried the North London Line, were cut back at Stratford in 2006. The tracks were converted for use as part of the Docklands Light Railway and the station was constructed with two platforms.
The station was originally to be called Cody Road station, and was shown on some maps as such prior to opening. The platforms here are elevated above street level and are open air.
Stepney Green is a London Underground station located on Mile End Road in Stepney, London, United Kingdom. It is between Whitechapel and Mile End on the District line and the Hammersmith & City line, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
The station was opened in 1902 by the Whitechapel and Bow Railway, a joint venture between the District Railway and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. The new railway connected the District Railway at Whitechapel with the London, Tilbury and Southend at Bow.
Electrified District Railway services started in 1905. Hammersmith and City line services (then part of the Metropolitan line) started in 1936.
The station passed to London Underground in 1950. The Hammersmith & City line was extended from Whitechapel to Barking via Stepney Green permanently in 2009 due to Crossrail and work at Whitechapel station.
The platforms are about 7.0 metres below ground.
Stockwell is a London Underground station in Stockwell in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is located on the Northern line between Oval and Clapham North stations, and on the Victoria line between Brixton and Vauxhall stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.
The station opened on 4 November 1890 as the southern terminus of the City and South London Railway, the first deep-level tube in London.
The station was built with a single island platform with tracks on either side, an arrangement rarely used underground on the network, but which exists today at Clapham North and Clapham Common. Stockwell's original platform was further north than the new ones, and trains pass it today, which can be seen on a map here. There used to be a depot here, which can be seen on this map. and is now just a war memorial
The Victoria interchange opened on 23 July 1971 when that line was extended south from Victoria towards Brixton. The station is known for its World War II air-raid shelters, The platforms are all on one level at about 14.6 metres underground, so you can change from the Northern line to the Victoria line (travelling in the same direction) without changing level.
Stoke Newington is a London Overground station on the Lea Valley lines, serving the Stoke Newington area of the London Borough of Hackney. It is 4 miles 16 chains (6.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Rectory Road and Stamford Hill. Its three-letter station code is SKW and it is in Travelcard zone 2.
The station is on the Seven Sisters branch of the Lea Valley Lines, with services out of Liverpool Street running to either Cheshunt or Enfield Town in the north. A smoked glass/steel-framed ticket office was built in the early 1980s to replace the original ticket hall on the same site. The platforms are open air and are located in a narrow cutting and are accessed by uncovered concrete staircases also installed at this time.The National Rail information for this station can be found here.
Stonebridge Park is a National Rail suburban rail and London Underground station in Tokyngton and Stonebridge, north-west London. The station is served by services operated by Arriva Rail London and London Underground Limited (LUL is considered a National Rail service between Harrow & Wealdstone and Queens Park) services. It is on both the London Overground Watford DC line and London Underground Bakerloo line.
The line serving the station was opened by the London and North Western Railway as part of their "New Line" project on 15 June 1912. It closed on 9 January 1917 and reopened for Bakerloo line trains on 1 August 1917.
The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms are open air and the depot is just outside the station and can be seen from the end of the platform. The platforms here are shared with the Underground and Overground and are a mid-height to compensate for both services. Willesden carriage sheds run parallel , but slightly elevated to this station.
Stratford is a major multi-level interchange station serving the district of Stratford and the mixed-use development known as Stratford City, in the London Borough of Newham, east London. It is served by the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and is also a National Rail station on the West Anglia Main Line and the Great Eastern Main Line, 4 miles 3 chains (6.5 km) from Liverpool Street. It is the busiest station on the Tube network that is not located in Travelcard Zone 1
The station was opened in 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway. and has been redeveloped over the years. On 4th December 1946, the Central line services started here. On 31st August 1987, the DLR services started and on 14th May 1999, the Jubilee line services started running from here.
Today it is owned by Network Rail and is in Travelcard zone 2/3.
To distinguish it from Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire it is sometimes referred to as Stratford (London).
The National Rail for this station can be found here. The station layout can be seen here, which includes a "Spanish Solution" platform
The station has got 19 platforms: No's 1 & 2 - Overground, 3/3a/6 - Central line, 4 - disused and removed, 4a/4b and 16/17 - DLR, 5/8 - Elizabeth line, 7 - disused and removed, 9/10/10a - Mainline services, 11/12 - Mainline & Overground, 13/14/15 - Jubilee line. All platforms are at street level, but the Jubilee lines and DLR platforms partially covered.
More photos can be seen at:https://tubemapper.com/stratford-station/
Stratford High Street is a Docklands Light Railway station in Stratford in London, England. It is located on the Stratford International branch of the Docklands Light Railway, which opened on 31 August 2011. The site was the location of an earlier railway station from 1847 to 1957, known initially as Stratford Bridge and later as Stratford Market - after the nearby wholesale fruit and vegetable market..
The first station on the site was opened as Stratford Bridge on 14 June 1847 in Stratford-at-Bow on the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway (ECR) between Stratford and Canning Town stations. By the 1860s the railways in East Anglia were in financial trouble, and most were leased to the ECR; they wished to amalgamate formally, but could not obtain government agreement for this until 1862, when the Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed by amalgamation. Thus Stratford Bridge became a GER station in 1862. This closed 6th May 1957 and reopened as a DLR station 31st August 2011. The platforms are in a cutting and are open air.
The Docklands Light Railway extension to Stratford International consists of a short new line from Stratford International to Stratford station, then continues along the former North London Line route between Stratford and Canning Town, stopping at Stratford High Street (on the site of the original Stratford Market railway station), Abbey Road, West Ham and Star Lane before joining the existing DLR branches from Canning Town to Woolwich Arsenal. Its opening was originally planned for July 2010, but was delayed to 31 August 2011, just in time for the 2012 Olympics. Services from here only run to Woolwich Arsenal and not to Beckton.
The Westfield shopping centre is a short distance away from this station and despite the "International" in the station name, you cannot travel to international destinations from this station. The adjacent Mainline station of the same name was supposed to have International services, but this never happened. The platforms here are in a cutting and are partially covered.
Streatham railway station is a station in central Streatham in south London. Its main entrance now is on Streatham High Road, and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
Step-free access to platform 1 (to Croydon/ Sutton) via Hopton Road footpath and side entrance. Steps to platform 2 (to London).
Services are provided by Southern and Thameslink. The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms here are open air.
Sudbury Hill is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line. The station is between Sudbury Town and South Harrow, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is located on Greenford Road (A4127) north of the junction with Whitton Avenue, on the border between the London Boroughs of Harrow and Ealing. The station is close to Sudbury Hill Harrow railway station. Sudbury Hill station was opened on 28 June 1903 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on its new extension to South Harrow from Park Royal & Twyford Abbey.
This station is classed as a listed building. The platforms here are open air.
Sudbury Town is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line. The station is between Alperton and Sudbury Hill, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is located on the border between the London Boroughs of Brent and Ealing, with its main entrance on Station Approach in Sudbury and is now a listed building.
Sudbury Town station was opened on 28 June 1903 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on its new extension to South Harrow from Park Royal & Twyford Abbey.
Sudbury Town station is a Grade II* listed building. Some of the original station signage uses the Johnston Delf Smith typeface, a wedge-serif variation of the standard London Underground Johnston typeface. The platforms here are open air.
Surrey Quays is a station on the East London Line branch of the London Overground. It is located in Rotherhithe, part of London Borough of Southwark. It is in Zone 2 and the next station to the north is Canada Water, and to the south it splits into branches to Clapham Junction, New Cross and Crystal Palace/West Croydon. Closed in late 2007, the station was refurbished and re-opened as part of the London Overground network on 27 April 2010.
The station was built by the East London Railway Company and opened on 7 December 1869; it was originally known as Deptford Road. On 17 July 1911, it was renamed Surrey Docks in reference to the nearby, now closed, Surrey Commercial Docks, and further renamed Surrey Quays on 24 October 1989, following the construction of the nearby Surrey Quays Shopping Centre.
For much of its history, the station's importance lay in its proximity to the Surrey Commercial Docks; it was at the south end of Canada Dock (now Canada Water) and a few hundred yards from the principal entrance to the docks. Its usage fell considerably after the docks closed, but revived following the redevelopment of the London Docklands in the 1980s and 1990s.
The service used to be provided by Underground services, but were later transferred to British Rail. The platforms here are open air
Sutton railway station (sometimes referred to as Sutton (Surrey) or Sutton (London) on tickets and timetables) is in the London Borough of Sutton in South London and is the main station serving the town of Sutton. It is served by Southern and Thameslink trains, and lies in Travelcard Zone 5, 14 miles 75 chains (14.94 miles, 24.04 km) down the line from London Bridge, measured via Forest Hill.
Sutton station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) on 10 May 1847, when the railway opened its line from West Croydon to Epsom. The National Rail information for this station can be found here.
The four platforms at Sutton station are numbered 1 to 4 from north to south. Platforms 1 and 2 are on the lines to Wimbledon, Epsom, Leatherhead, Dorking, and Horsham. Platforms 3 and 4 are on the Epsom Downs Line, which becomes single-track about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south of the station. The platforms here are open air.
Sutton Common railway station is in Sutton Common in the London Borough of Sutton in South London. The station is served by Thameslink and Southern trains on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 4. It has a single stepped entrance accessible from Sutton Common Road.
Parliamentary approval for a line from Wimbledon to Sutton had been obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 but work had been delayed by World War I. From the W&SR's inception, the District Railway (DR) was a shareholder of the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built. In the 1920s, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL, precursor of London Underground) planned, through its ownership of the DR, to use part of the route for an extension of another of its lines, the City and South London Railway (C&SLR, now the Northern line), to Sutton. The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms here are open air.
Swanley railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Swanley, Kent. It is 17 miles 31 chains (28.0 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between St Mary Cray and Farningham Road on the main line. The Maidstone Line branches from the main line south of Swanley and the next station on that route is Eynsford.
The station and most trains that call are operated by Southeastern. The station has four platforms.
Since March 2016, Oyster cards have been accepted at Swanley, with the station being placed into London's fare zone 8. It was first named Sevenoaks Junction and 1871 was changed to Swanley Junction. The National Rail information for this station can be found here.
The present station was rebuilt in 1959 when the line was widened to four tracks.
In May 2021, a new ticket office and station building was opened. The platforms here are open air.
Swiss Cottage is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage, north London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Finchley Road and St John's Wood stations. It lies in Travelcard Zone 2 and is located at the junction of Finchley Road, Avenue Road and College Crescent. The station is a local station, with the Metropolitan Line bypassing the station nearby.
The station was opened on 20th November 1939, on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations, when the Metropolitan line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line.
Details of the original Metropolitan station can be found at; Swiss Cottage tube station (1868–1940).
When the station was redeveloped and the tracks realigned, the original station was demolished. More information can be seen in this video here. The platforms are about 13.7 metres below ground.
Travel tip: Use exit 5 to take you under Finchley Road, where it is a short walk to South Hampstead station.
Sydenham (London) is a railway station in Sydenham in the London Borough of Lewisham, South London. Originally opened in 1839, the station is located on the former Croydon Canal (1809 - 1836), which is now a branch of the Brighton Main Line, often known as the Sydenham Corridor. Sydenham falls within Travelcard Zone 3 and is served by London Overground and Southern. The station is 6 miles 32 chains (6.40 miles, 10.30 km) down the line from London Bridge.
The Croydon Canal opened in 1809 linking the Grand Surrey Canal to Croydon, however the waterway was never successful, and in 1836, it was the first canal to be abandoned by an Act of Parliament. The alignment was purchased by the London and Croydon Railway, who drained the canal and re-opened as a railway on the 5 June 1839. The National Rail information for this station can be found here. The platforms here are open air.