Trains to Lewisham - Station Details and further Information on Lewisham Train Services
Lewisham station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway station in Lewisham, south east London. The train station is on the Southeastern London commuter rail network operated by Southeastern. The Docklands Light Railway station opened in 1999 on a southward extension from Island Gardens on the Isle of Dogs. British Transport Police maintain a neighbourhood policing presence at Lewisham.
There are four platforms for commuter trains: 1 and 2 on the North Kent Line, and 3 and 4 serving the South Eastern Main Line. The former, the original part of the station, opened on 30 July 1849, the South Eastern Main Line on 1 January 1857. In 1929 large-scale remodelling of the junction was undertaken to enable cross-London freight traffic to be routed via Nunhead and Loughborough Junction. The new route utilised part of the former Greenwich Park branch and included a flyover. Some trains heading to/from London use the flyover and then descend via Tanners Hill Junction to rejoin the main line, using a reversible line which opened in 1976. Kent trains from London, having passed through the station, curve round under the main line to Hither Green en route to Ladywell. Platforms 5 and 6 are served by Docklands Light Railway trains to Bank Station and Stratford station. |