Loughborough Junction railway station

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On 6 October 1862 the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) opened its City Branch from Herne Hill to Elephant and Castle. Services ran from Victoria to Elephant and Castle via a reversing move at Herne Hill. From 1 May 1863 services ran directly from Brixton to Camberwell via a curve at Loughborough Junction. Services were extended from Elephant and Castle to Blackfriars on 1 June 1894.{{cite book |last1=Marshall |first1=Chapman Frederick Dendy |title=A History of the Southern Railway |date=1963 |publisher=I. Allan |page=511 |language=en}}

In October 1864 the LCDR opened Loughborough Road station on the north-to-west Brixton spur which connects the City Branch to the original Chatham Main Line at {{rws|Brixton}} station.

On 1 December 1872 platforms were opened on the City branch and on the north-to-east spur (called the Cambria Road platforms and spur after nearby Cambria Road). The enlarged station was renamed Loughborough Junction.

The Loughborough Road platforms closed during the First World War on 3 April 1916 when the Victoria to Moorgate local service was withdrawn. This also led to the closure of Camberwell and Walworth Road stations to the north and the loss of direct service to Brixton, Clapham, Wandsworth Road, Battersea Park Road and Victoria.

In connection with the Southern Railway suburban electrification the platforms on Cambria Jn spur could not be lengthened so were closed on 12 July 1925.

After nationalisation the station was part of the Southern Region of British Railways and, from 1986, Network SouthEast. Around 1990 the station became part of the Thameslink route.

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Off-peak, all services at Loughborough Junction are operated by Thameslink using {{brc|700}} EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:{{NRtimes|December 2022|52, 173, 179, 180, 195}}

• 4 tph to {{stnlnk|St Albans City}}
• 4 tph to {{stnlnk|Sutton|London}} (2 of these run via {{stnlnk|Mitcham Junction}} and 2 run via {{stn|Wimbledon}})

During the peak hours, a small number of Southeastern services between {{stn|Beckenham Junction}} and London Blackfriars call at the station. The station is served by five trains to London Blackfriars in the morning peak and two trains to Beckenham Junction in the evening peak.

A small number of late evening Thameslink services are extended beyond St Albans City to {{stnlnk|Bedford}}. On Sundays, there are also direct services beyond St Albans City to {{stnlnk|Luton}}.

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London Buses routes 35, 45, 345, P4 and P5 and night route N35 serve the station.

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The South London line passes across the south end of Loughborough Junction station via a bridge but has never had platforms there. As part of phase 2 of the East London line extension project, this line is now part of the London Overground network operated by Transport for London. Completed on 9 December 2012, this extension connected the South London Line to the East and West London lines, allowing rail services to run across South London from Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction.{{cite web

|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/resources/corporate/media/pressimages/rez-high/h-tube-map-2010.jpg

|title=The Tube in 2010

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}} (map illustrating future development phases as proposed by TfL in 2006, subject to change) This creates an orbital network around Central London, fulfilling the Orbirail concept.Rail Express issue 154, March 2009

The new route passes over both Loughborough Junction and Brixton stations, and the proposals were criticised for not including new interchange stations at these locations.{{cite web|url=http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400lambeth/tm_objectid=14173461&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=junction-joy-south-name_page.html |title=Junction joy South |work=South London Press (archived) |date=24 April 2004 |accessdate=2009-11-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040509165548/http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400lambeth/tm_objectid%3D14173461%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D50100%26headline%3Djunction-joy-south-name_page.html |archivedate=9 May 2004 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060719/halltext/60719h0006.htm#06071968000550|title=Parliamentary Debate: London Orbital Rail Network|author=Martin Linton MP|work=Hansard |date=4 August 2006 |accessdate=2007-11-03}} No London Overground platforms are planned at Loughborough Junction as the line is on high railway arches, making the cost of any station construction prohibitive.{{cite web|url=http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/3|title=East London Line Extensions – Loughborough Junction

|work=AlwaysTouchOut |date=9 November 2006 |accessdate=2007-11-03}} It has been proposed, as an alternative, that the disused East Brixton could be reopened instead as the site is close to both stations.{{cite web| url=http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/02/connecting-brixton-to-the-london-overground-line-petition-launched-to-reopen-east-brixton-station/| title=Connecting Brixton to the London Overground. Petition launched to reopen East Brixton station| website=Brixton Buzz| date=18 February 2014|accessdate=24 October 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Cobb |first1=Jason |title=Lambeth Council starts review to look at business case for reopening East Brixton train station |url=http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2017/03/lambeth-council-starts-review-to-look-at-business-case-for-reopening-east-brixton-train-station/ |website=Brixton Buzz |date=21 March 2017|accessdate=24 October 2018}}

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• Loughborough Junction – the area around the station

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• [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/l/loughborough_junction/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica article] – includes photographs and map of this station and Camberwell New Road station
• [http://www.colin-m.com/lj4d LJ4D project] – a virtual 3d model which documents the evolution of the station and surrounding area over time

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