South Hampstead railway station is on Loudoun Road in the

London Borough of Camden The London Borough of Camden () is a London borough in Inner London. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the area of the former boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and S ...

. It is served by London Overground services on the Watford DC line. It is about south west of Swiss Cottage Underground station. The

Chiltern Main Line The Chiltern Main Line is a railway line which links London () and Birmingham ( Moor Street and Snow Hill), the United Kingdom's two largest cities, by a route via High Wycombe, Bicester, Banbury, Leamington Spa and Solihull. It is one of ...

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

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 The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ...

electrification Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and, in many contexts, the introduction of such power by changing over from an earlier power source. The broad meaning of the term, such as in the history of technology, economic histo ...

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

South Hampstead railway station MMB 13 378219

London Overground

*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.

Connections

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

References

External links

{{London Overground navbox, Serving=y, Watford=y Railway stations in the London Borough of Camden DfT Category E stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1922 Railway stations served by London Overground