Surrey Canal Road railway station
New Bermondsey 
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 New Bermondsey
Location of New Bermondsey in Greater London
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| Location | Bermondsey |
| Local authority | London Borough of Lewisham |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Owner | Transport for London |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 2 |
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| October 2011 | Funding provided |
| January 2012 | Planning permission granted |
| February 2015 | Name changed to New Bermondsey |
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| WGS84 | 51°29′04″N 0°02′58″W / 51.4844°N 0.0494°WCoordinates: 51°29′04″N 0°02′58″W / 51.4844°N 0.0494°W |
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New Bermondsey railway station (formerly Surrey Canal Road) is a proposed railway station on the South London Line of the London Overground network. It would be on the branch from Surrey Quays which carries the East London Line phase 2 extension along the South London Line to Clapham Junction. The extension opened in December 2012 with through trains every 15 minutes between Clapham Junction and Highbury & Islington. The station site is on Surrey Canal Road at the boundary points of Bermondsey, New Cross and Deptford. The station would be adjacent to Millwall Football Club's ground and would help ease the burden of match-day crowds on the nearby South Bermondsey railway station and Surrey Quays Station.
Surrey Canal Road and the proposed new station name derive from Grand Surrey Canal which went from Surrey Commercial Docks at Rotherhithe to Camberwell and Peckham via this area. The canal carried timber to the docks from the 19th century until their closure in the late 1960s. The canal remained as a waterway until it was infilled for safety reasons in the mid-1970s and turned into the present road linking Ilderton Road, SE16, with Trundleys Road, SE8. This area known as the 'Surrey Canal Triangle' has begun to be identified as the Surrey Canal district in its own right.
It was announced in February 2009 that the line extension would be built but that funding for a station at Surrey Canal Road might not be available.
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