New Cross railway station

map showing lines around New Cross (lower right, indicated "S.E.& C.") In the early Victorian railway boom two companies constructed lines through the area. The London and Croydon Railway (L&CR) built a station on the New Cross Road close to Hatcham in 1839. On 14 October 1844 a large fire that broke out in a paint shop destroyed carriage and engine sheds and workshops adjacent to the station. The fire was witnessed by Louis Philippe I, King of France who was travelling from the station to Dover. On 30 July 1849 the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened a station at North Kent Junction when the North Kent line opened linking Strood with the London and Greenwich Railway route to London Bridge. This station proved inconvenient so a new station called New Cross & Naval School After World War II and following nationalisation on 1 January 1948, the station was part of British Railways Southern Region. The East London Line was closed to goods traffic in 1962. In the 1950s and 1960s, London Underground planned a new line connecting north-west and south-east London. Approval for the first stage of the Fleet line (renamed the Jubilee line in 1975) to Charing Cross was granted in 1969, with second and third stages approved in 1971 and 1972. New Cross station was to be the penultimate station of phase 3 running to Lewisham. Southbound trains were to serve one of the existing platforms and northbound trains would have served a new platform in tunnel beneath the station. The station was rebuilt in the 1970s and the original station buildings on the road bridge were replaced in 1975 by a wooden building which opened in Amersham Vale. Platforms on the down and up fast lines were closed and demolished and a new track layout was introduced at this time in connection with the wider London Bridge re-signaling scheme. In 1985, the present buildings in Amersham Vale opened. Until 22 December 2007 London Underground used to serve this station as the southern terminus to their East London line. This closed for major engineering work to convert the East London line to standard 750 V third rail electrification. The line reopened on 27 April 2010 with services now operated by London Overground using Capitalstar units. ==Carriage Shed==

A 6 siding carriage shed was located just north of the station. Built by the East London Railway the shed was leased by the Metropolitan Railway and continued in service until the line closed in 2007. When the line re-opened the new Capitalstar units were maintained at a new depot at New Cross Gate. ==Services==

New Cross is a southern terminus of the Windrush line of the London Overground, with services operated using EMUs. Additional services at the station are operated by Southeastern using , , and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: • 6 tph to London Cannon Street • 2 tph to via • 2 tph to via • 2 tph to via , continuing to London Cannon Street via Woolwich Arsenal and • 4 tph to via (Windrush line) Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street via call at the station during the peak hours. ==Connections==

London Buses routes 53, 177, 225, 453 and night routes N53 and N89 serve the station. ==Accidents==

• The Spa Road Junction rail crash occurred outside the station on 8 January 1999. • On 10 January 2022, a passenger train ran into the buffer stop at New Cross. ==References==