Crystal Palace High Level railway station
| Crystal Palace (High Level) | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Crystal Palace |
| Area | Southwark |
| Coordinates | 51°25′17″N 0°04′43″W / 51.4214°N 0.0785°WCoordinates: 51°25′17″N 0°04′43″W / 51.4214°N 0.0785°W |
| Grid reference | TQ337709 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping |
London, Chatham and Dover Railway South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
| Post-grouping |
Southern Railway British Railways |
| Platforms | 6 |
| History | |
| 1 August 1865 | Opened as Crystal Palace (High Level) |
| 1 November 1898 | Renamed Crystal Palace High Level and Upper Norwood |
| 1 January 1917 | Temporarily closed |
| 1 March 1919 | Reopened |
| 9 July 1923 | Renamed Crystal Palace High Level |
| July 1925 | electrified |
| 22 May 1944 | Temporarily closed |
| 4 March 1946 | Reopened |
| 20 September 1954 | Station closed to passengers |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Crystal Palace (High Level) railway station was a station in the London Borough of Southwark in south London. It was one of two stations built to serve the site of the 1851 exhibition building, called the Crystal Palace, when it was moved from Hyde Park to Sydenham Hill after 1851.
The Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway was promoted by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR); by 1860 the LCDR had a line running to Beckenham Junction via Loughborough Junction, some three miles to the north-west of the Crystal Palace site. In order to capture traffic from the LBSCR, the LCDR constructed a branch line from the latter station, with a junction at Nunhead to run directly to the Crystal Palace site. The line opened on 1 August 1865. The station was designed by Edward Middleton Barry as a lavish red brick and buff terra cotta building. The station was excavated into the ridge below Crystal Palace Parade requiring major engineering works. The line was one of the first of the former South Eastern and Chatham Railway to be electrified by Southern Railway, under "South Eastern Electrification – Stage 1" in July 1925.
After the Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire in 1936, traffic on the branch declined. During World War II the line was temporarily closed after bomb damage. Although temporary repairs were made and the line subsequently reopened the decline in traffic and a requirement for heavy reconstruction work led to the decision to close the station and branch on 20 September 1954, although it was not demolished until 1961.
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