![]() ![]() The station was, however, occasionally used after that date for the public to travel to Blackheath for events on the Heath. ![]() A push-pull service was introduced in 1913 in an attempt to cut losses, but the Greenwich Park branch closed on 1st January 1917 as a war time economy measure and never reopened. The extension failed to attract additional traffic to the line which was unable to compete with SER’s direct line from Greenwich into central London. Despite disappointing receipts, the LCDR continued with their proposal to extend to Greenwich but financial difficulties meant the extension wasn’t completed to Greenwich Park (Greenwich until 1900) until 1st October 1888. The branch opened as far as Blackheath Hill on 18th September that year with one intermediate station at Lewisham Road a second at Brockley Lane was opened in June 1872. However, with the opening of the South Eastern Railways(SER) extension from Greenwich to Woolwich in 1849 there was no longer a need for the Greenwich Branch extension to Woolwich and the LCDR were eventually authorised to build a 2mile 18chain line between Nunhead and Crooms Hill, on the western side of Greenwich Park, by an Act of Parliament in July 1863.įinancial problems delayed construction until 1871. The original plans for the Greenwich Park branch of the London Chatham & Dover Railway (LCDR) proposed a line from Nunhead through Greenwich terminating at the Royal Dockyard in Woolwich. Written by Nick Catford on 01 March 2008.
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