Southwark Park was a railway station in

Bermondsey Bermondsey ( ) is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford, to the south Walworth and Peckham, ...

, south-east London, on the Greenwich Line between and . It was opened by the

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on 1 October 1902, on approximately the same site as the then long-closed Commercial Dock railway station. It was close to the southern end of

Southwark Park Southwark Park is located in Rotherhithe, in central South East London, England, and is managed by the London Borough of Southwark. It first opened in 1869 by the Metropolitan Board of Works as one of its first parks. It was designed by Alexander ...

, from which it took its name.

South Bermondsey railway station South Bermondsey railway station is on the South London line, serving the district of South Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark and managed and operated by Southern (train operating company), Southern. It is down the line from ; the ...

, on the

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, is nearby. The station was constructed on a section of extra wide arches running from west of Rotherhithe New Road to east of the road. Two loop lines ran through the station, which was controlled by the Corbetts Lane Signal Cabin (later renamed Southwark Park Station Signal Cabin). Passengers boarded trains from two island platforms, reached from ground level via ramped approaches. Each platform was long, with waiting rooms and a roof long. A booking hall and station offices stood at ground level. The station did not attract much traffic, as an electric tramway ran nearby and was more popular with travellers. Along with Spa Road and Deptford stations, Southwark Park station closed on 15 March 1915 due to wartime economies. It did not reopen due to competition from other public transport making it uneconomic to operate. The station continued to be used by railway staff until 21 September 1925. The bricked-up remains of the ticket hall are visible from the outside in Corbetts Lane. The abandoned interior of the ticket hall and foundations for the platforms were uncovered by

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in March 2015 as part of

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upgrade.

British Rail did consider reopening the station as part of

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in the 1980s but this never materialised.

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Abandoned Stations - Southwark Park station
(includes photos of surviving external elements of the station)
Photographs of the former station's interior, uncovered in 2015

Look what we've found! Thameslink work near London Bridge uncovers 'ghost' Southwark Park railway station
– from ''This Is Local London'' {{Disused railway stations of London Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Southwark Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1902 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1915 Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations