Station Name: LOUGHBOROUGH JUNCTION (Cambria Road Spur Platforms)

 

[Source: Nick Catford]


Date opened: 1.12.1872
Location: On the west side of Flaxman Road
Company on opening: London Chatham & Dover Railway
Date closed to passengers: 12.7.1925
Date closed completely: 12.7.1925
Company on closing: South Eastern & Chatham Railway
Present state: Platforms are still extant
County: London
OS Grid Ref: TQ329759
Date of visit: October 1967, May 1968, December 1982 and December 1984

Notes: The first station was just on the Brixton line spur opening as Loughborough Road in October 1864. Platforms on the main line and on the Cambria Road Spur opened on the 1st December 1872 and at the same time the station was renamed Loughborough Junction. The platforms on the Brixton spur closed on 3.14.1916 and there is now no trace, those on

the Cambria Road spur closed on 12.7.1925. The main line platforms are still open.

As well as the two platforms on the Cambria Road Spur, one of the platforms was shared with the min line. This is also disused. Tickets from Michael Stewart

To see the other stations on the L C D R's 'City Line' click on the station name: Camberwell, Walworth Road, Borough Road,
Blackfriars Bridge, Blackfriars, Ludgate Hill, Holborn Viaduct, Snow Hill/Holborn Viaduct Low Level & Farringdon


Loughborough Junction (Cambria Road Spur platforms in May 1968
Photo by Nick Catford



Loughborough Junction (Cambria Road Spur platforms) in December 1982. The main line platforms (still open) can be seen to the right.
Photo by Nick Catford
Loughborough Junction (Cambria Road Spur platforms) in October 2006
Photo by Tom Powdrill

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[Source: Nick Catford]
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