Tulse Hill railway station is in the Tulse Hill area of the

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in south

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, between railway bridges over the A205, South Circular Road and the A215, Norwood Road. It is measured from . There are currently 4 platforms, each long enough for 8 coaches. It is served by both Southern and

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, and it is in Travelcard Zone 3.

History

Tulse Hill station was opened in 1868 by the

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on their line from

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. In 1869, this was joined by the

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's "Metropolitan Extension" line to

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. The LB&SCR's through line to Streatham and Wimbledon opened in 1871. The station originally had a bowstring-arched iron and glass roof covering all four platforms. and the brick retaining walls of this structure survive. However, it appears that the roof was demolished as a precautionary measure following the collapse of a similar one at

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in 1905, and individual platform canopies were then introduced. These had no proper foundations, and gradually subsided until the last of the Edwardian canopies were replaced in the 1990s by

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. Some modernisation of the station, including a new covered entrance on the east side, took place under the operator Southern, and ticket gates (funded by the

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) were installed in 2009. The station can accommodate eight-car trains; the complex sections of track at each end of the station and a large bridge which cannot be moved mean it cannot be extended to accommodate longer ones.

Services

Services at Tulse Hill are operated by Southern and

using and

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 4 tph to via * 4 tph to via * 4 tph to (2 of these run via and 2 run via ) * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to via A small number of late evening Thameslink services are extended beyond St Albans City to . On Sundays, the services between London Bridge and Beckenham Junction do not run and there are also direct services beyond St Albans City to .

Connections

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routes 2, 68,

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, 201, 322, 432, 468, P13, school route 690 and night routes N2 and N68 serve the station. The closest

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station to Tulse Hill is

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tulse Hill Railway Station Railway stations in the London Borough of Lambeth Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway