Season 8, Episode 170 - Trains at Lewisham station

Our tenth station of the day brings us one station up from Ladywell and brings us to the junction for the Hayes branch, as well as a few other branches, in Lewisham The North Kent line opened on 30th July 1849 by the South Eastern Railway linking Strood with the London and Greenwich Railway route to London Bridge. The original station was located east of the Lewisham Road overbridge with access off Lewisham Road. With the opening of the mid-Kent line in 1857 a new station was built to the west so both lines could be served. The station was built to enable interchange between the north Kent and mid Kent lines. The Mid Kent line was opened on 1st January 1857. For a period Old Lewisham Station was also kept open. In this video, we see a variety of Southeastern stock heading for a variety of destinations including Dartford, Gillingham, Hayes, New Cross or London Charing Cross Please rate, comment and subscribe and thanks for watching!