Herne Hill railway station

Herne Hill
Herne Hill Location of Herne Hill in Greater London
Location	Herne Hill
Local authority	London Borough of Lambeth
Grid reference	TQ319744
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	HNH
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2 and 3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	2.888 million[2]
– interchange	1.537 million[2]
2019–20	2.784 million[2]
– interchange	1.554 million[2]
2020–21	0.745 million[2]
– interchange	0.259 million[2]
2021–22	1.607 million[2]
– interchange	0.581 million[2]
2022–23	2.004 million[2]
– interchange	0.843 million[2]
Railway companies
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
25 August 1862 (1862-08-25)	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51°27′11″N 0°06′07″W / 51.453°N 0.102°W / 51.453; -0.102
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Herne Hill railway station is in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London, England, on the boundary between London fare zones 2 and 3. Train services are provided by Thameslink to London Blackfriars, Farringdon, St Pancras International and St Albans on the Thameslink route and by Southeastern to London Victoria (via Brixton) and Orpington on the Chatham Main Line. It is 3 miles 76 chains (6.4 km) down the line from Victoria.

The station building on Railton Road was opened in 1862 by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. Initial service was only to Victoria, but by 1869 services ran to the City of London, King's Cross, Kingston via Wimbledon, and Kent, including express trains to Dover Harbour for continental Europe. The arrival of the railways transformed Herne Hill from a wealthy suburb with large residential estates into a densely populated urban area.