West Dulwich railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the

West Dulwich West Dulwich ( ) is a neighbourhood in South London on the southern boundary of Brockwell Park, which straddles the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Southwark. Croxted Road and South Croxted Road mark the boundary between S ...

area in the

London Borough of Southwark The London Borough of Southwark ( ) in South London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London and London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was created in 1965 when three smaller council areas ...

, south London. It is located on opposite side of the south circular road from Belair Park, down the line from and between and . The station and all services are operated by

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History

Streatham & Tulse Hill Hastings & St Leonards RJD 100

The line from to was built by the

London, Chatham and Dover Railway The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR or LC&DR) was a railway company in south-eastern England created on 1 August 1859, when the East Kent Railway was given parliamentary approval to change its name. Its lines ran through London and no ...

(LCDR) and opened in 1863. The station was opened as "Dulwich" in the same year. The prefix "West" was added in 1926. The local area was flooded after the Dulwich Estate lost a court case in which they claimed part of the station was part of their network of drainage canals.

Services

All services at West Dulwich are operated by

, using and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to * 2 tph to via During the peak hours, additional services between London Victoria and Bromley South call at the station increasing the service to 4 tph in each direction.

Connections

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serves the station, with nearby bus stop Croxted Road/Thurlow Park Road serving

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and

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, as well as night route

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. The station is located 5 miles away from

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