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South Hampstead railway station

London Overground railway station in the London Borough of Camden

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name	South Hampstead
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caption	Station entrance on Loudoun Road
gridref	TQ263840
manager	London Overground
owner	Network Rail
fare_zone	2
locale	South Hampstead
borough	London Borough of Camden
platforms	2
symbol	overground
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railcode	SOH
years1	2 June 1879
events1	Opened as Loudon Road
years2	1 January 1917
events2	Closed
years3	10 July 1922
events3	Reopened as South Hampstead
years4	? 1960s
events4	Main Line platforms demolished
coordinates
dft_category	E

South Hampstead is a London Overground station on the Lioness line, situated on Loudoun Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is about 550 yd south west of Swiss Cottage Underground station.

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

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

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

"Walking directions to '''Swiss Cottage''' tube station from '''South Hampstead''' railway station".

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