South Hampstead railway station

South Hampstead
South Hampstead
	Station entrance on Loudoun Road
	South Hampstead Location of South Hampstead in Greater London
Location	South Hampstead
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Grid reference	TQ263840
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	SOH
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.426 million
2019–20	0.408 million
2020–21	0.165 million
2021–22	0.339 million
2022–23	0.395 million
Key dates
2 June 1879	Opened as Loudon Road
1 January 1917	Closed
10 July 1922	Reopened as South Hampstead
? 1960s	Main Line platforms demolished
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
WGS84	51°32′27″N 0°10′49″W / 51.5408°N 0.1802°W
	London transport portal

South Hampstead railway station is on Loudoun Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is served by London Overground services on the Watford DC line. It is about 550 yards (500 m) south west of Swiss Cottage Underground station.^[2]

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.

History[edit]

South Hampstead opened in 1879 as "Loudon Road station" and acquired its present name in 1922. 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.

South Hampstead station was evocatively described by Sir John Betjeman in his First and Last Loves, 1952.

Services[edit]

London Overground

			Cheshunt
			Theobalds Grove
			Enfield Town Turkey Street Romford
			Bush Hill Park Southbury Emerson Park
			Upminster
			Edmonton Green
			Silver Street Chingford
			White Hart Lane Highams Park
			Watford Junction Bruce Grove Wood Street
			Watford Seven Sisters Walthamstow Central
			High Street Harringay Blackhorse Road Walthamstow Queen's Road
			Bushey Green Lanes
			Carpenders Park Crouch Hill South Tottenham St. James Leyton Midland Road
			Hatch End Upper () Stamford Hill Street Leytonstone
			Headstone Lane Holloway Stoke Newington Clapton High Road
			Harrow & Kentish Town West Rectory Road Wanstead Park ()
			Wealdstone Gospel Oak Camden Road () Hackney Woodgrange Park
			Kenton () Caledonian Road Canonbury Downs Barking
			South Kenton & Barnsbury Barking Riverside ()
			North Highbury & Islington Dalston Kingsland Hackney Central
			Wembley Hampstead Heath Dalston
			Wembley Finchley Road & Frognal () Junction London Fields
			Central West Hampstead ( ) Haggerston Cambridge Homerton
			Stonebridge Brondesbury Hoxton Heath Hackney Wick
			Park Brondesbury Park Shoreditch High Street Bethnal Green Stratford
			Harlesden Kensal Rise
			Kensal Green Liverpool Whitechapel
			Willesden Queen's Park Street Shadwell ()
			Junction Kilburn High Road Wapping
			South Hampstead Rotherhithe
			Shepherd's Bush () Euston () Canada Water
			Kensington (Olympia) Surrey Quays
			West Brompton Battersea Park
			Imperial Wharf () (limited service) New Cross
			Clapham Queens Road Peckham New Cross Gate
			Junction Peckham Rye Brockley
			Acton Central Wandsworth Road Denmark Hill Honor Oak Park
			South Acton () Clapham Forest Hill
			Gunnersbury High Street Sydenham
			Kew Gardens
			Richmond Crystal Palace Penge West
			Anerley
			Norwood Junction
			West Croydon ()

Legend

			Station National Rail Liberty line
			Accessible station Thameslink Lioness line
			Interchange station Elizabeth line Mildmay line
			Accessible interchange Docklands Light Railway Suffragette line
			London Underground Weaver line
			Internal interchange London Trams Windrush line
			Out-of-station interchange London River Services
The new London Overground line names and colours are to be introduced across the London rail network in autumn 2024

London Overground[edit]

4tph to Watford Junction calling at Kilburn High Road, Queens Park, Kensal Green, Willesden Junction, Harlesden, Stonebridge Park, Wembley Central, North Wembley, South Kenton, Kenton, Harrow & Wealdstone, Headstone Lane, Hatch End, Carpenders Park, Bushey and Watford High Street.
4tph to London Euston only.

Preceding station	London Overground		Following station
Kilburn High Road towards Watford Junction		Watford DC line	Euston Terminus
Disused railways
	Disused railways
Kilburn High Road		North London-Watford Link (LNWR suburban system)	Primrose Hill

Connections[edit]

London Buses route 31 and night route N28 and N31 serve the station.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ Google (17 July 2012). "Walking directions to Swiss Cottage tube station from South Hampstead railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 17 July 2012.

External links[edit]

Train times and station information for South Hampstead railway station from National Rail

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-1] "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[2] Google (17 July 2012). "Walking directions to Swiss Cottage tube station from South Hampstead railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 17 July 2012.

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