Denmark Hill railway station

Denmark Hill
Denmark Hill Location of Denmark Hill in Greater London
Location	Denmark Hill
Local authority	London Borough of Southwark
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	DMK
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes [1]
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2008–09	3.108 million[2]
2009–10	3.216 million[2]
2010–11	3.612 million[2]
2011–12	3.717 million[2]
— interchange	73,085[2]
2012–13	3.936 million[2]
— interchange	93,100[2]
2013–14	5.166 million[2]
— interchange	0.109 million[2]
2014–15	5.631 million[2]
— interchange	0.127 million[2]
Railway companies
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Key dates
1 December 1865	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°28′06″N 0°05′22″W / 51.4683°N 0.0894°W

Denmark Hill railway station is in the London Borough of Southwark in London, England, on the South London and East London lines. It is managed by Thameslink and is served by trains of that company, Southeastern, and London Overground.^[3] It is in Travelcard Zone 2. It is on Champion Park in the south of Camberwell. It is near to King's College and Maudsley hospitals and to the Denmark Hill campus of King's College London, whose buildings are intermingled around and between the two hospitals. It is mostly served by local trains on the London Overground and trains from two London termini: Victoria and Blackfriars. As of August 2013 the station is fully accessible with lifts to all the platforms.

History

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Denmark Hill

The station was built in 1865. Its design is in the Italianate style, with an extremely decorative frontage and French pavilion roofs.^[4] After a fire in 1980 the building was renovated and restored. The project included the addition of a public house, initially called the Phoenix and Firkin to commemorate the fire, then called O'Neills and now the Phoenix. A Civic Trust award was given to the building in 2009.

On 4 December 2014, a fire under a train forced the closure of Denmark Hill for a few hours on that night as flames were spotted underneath a Southeastern train travelling from Victoria to Dartford train service at the station.^[5]

In the period 2011-2013 the station underwent a redesign with the construction of a new ticket office with access from Champion Park, new walkways and lifts to the platforms.^[6]

Design

The platforms are below road level, with the short Grove Tunnel at one end and Denmark Hill road bridge at the other.

Services

The station is managed by Thameslink on its lines from West Hampstead Thameslink to Sevenoaks via London Blackfriars. It is also served by London Overground, and Southeastern.

The January 2015 Monday to Saturday off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 4 trains per hour (tph) Clapham Junction (London Overground)
• 4 tph Dalston Junction via Surrey Quays (London Overground)
• 3 non-stop to London Victoria (Southeastern)
• 2tph Blackfriars via Elephant & Castle (Thameslink); Mondays-Fridays continue to West Hampstead Thameslink
• 2tph Sevenoaks via the Catford Loop (Thameslink)
• 2tph Dartford via Lewisham and Bexleyheath (Southeastern)
• 1tph Dover Priory via Bromley South (Southeastern)

Platform Layout

• Platform 1 : services to Clapham Junction (London Overground) and London Victoria (Southeastern)
• Platform 2 : services to Dartford via Bexleyheath (Southeastern) and Dalston Junction (London Overground)
• Platform 3 : services to West Hampstead Thameslink / London Blackfriars (Thameslink) and London Victoria (Southeastern)
• Platform 4 : services to Sevenoaks/Orpington via Catford (Thameslink) and Dover Priory via Bromley South and Chatham (Southeastern)

Connections

London Buses routes 40, 176, 185 and 484 serve the station.

References

1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2015.
2. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. Southern - Network map (central)
4. The Buildings of England London 2: South, Second Edition 1983, page 625
5. http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2014-12-03/train-fire-at-denmark-hill/
6. http://www.globalrailnews.com/2011/05/26/work-starts-to-improve-access-at-denmark-hill-station/

External links

• Train times and station information for Denmark Hill railway station from National Rail
• Planning documents for 2011/12 station improvements, Southwark Council,