Brockley Lane is a closed railway station in

Brockley Brockley is a district and an electoral ward of south London, England, in the London Borough of Lewisham south-east of Charing Cross. History The name Brockley is derived from "Broca's woodland clearing", a wood where badgers are seen (' ...

, south London. It was opened in June 1872 by the

London, Chatham and Dover Railway The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR or LC&DR) was a railway company in south-eastern England created on 1 August 1859, when the East Kent Railway was given parliamentary approval to change its name. Its lines ran through London and no ...

on its

Greenwich Park Branch Line The Greenwich Park branch line (also known as the Lewisham line) is a short section of railway line in south east London which links the Catford Loop line to the South Eastern Main Line which originally terminated at station. It provides a link ...

. It closed to passengers in January 1917 with the branch, but remained open as a goods station until May 1970 (the Great Northern Railway had constructed a coal depot there in 1883). The site of the closed station is on Brockley Road, about 140 yards north-east of an open station now on the

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named

, at a lower level on the London Bridge to Norwood Junction line, crossing under the former Greenwich Park branch. The line through Brockley Lane reopened to freight in 1929 and passengers in 1935 for trains from to

London Victoria Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail. Named after the nearby Victoria Street (not the Q ...

via a new link into , but there has been no official suggestion that Brockley Lane might be rebuilt. The entrance to the station was in use as a shop until it was destroyed by fire in 2004. Short sections of the platforms are still visible at the lineside as are traces of the entrances on both sides of the bridge. The former stationmaster's residence opposite is now a private dwelling.

Future

According to the Department for Transport and the Transport for London rail prospectus report released in 2016, it has been listed as one of the Southeastern franchise planned improvements in the document entitled "New interchange at Brockley", suggesting that there might be a case to reopen the station. A proposal to create a new Brockley Interchange station linking the existing Overground station with restored platforms at the former Brockley Lane site is included in the

London Borough of Lewisham Lewisham () is a London boroughs, London borough in south-east London; it forms part of Inner London. The principal settlement of the borough is Lewisham. The local authority is Lewisham London Borough Council, based in Catford. The Prime Merid ...

's 2019-2041 transport strategy, though with no funding as yet identified for the project.London Borough of Lewisham
"Transport Strategy and Local Implementation Plan (LIP)"
March 2019

References

Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Lewisham Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1872 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917 Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations {{london-railstation-stub