Upper Sydenham railway station
Upper Sydenham | |||||
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Former booking office in 2010. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Sydenham, Sydenham England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°25′53″N 0°4′14″W / 51.43139°N 0.07056°W | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ343719 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | London, Chatham and Dover Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | South Eastern and Chatham Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway British Railways | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 August 1884 | Opened | ||||
| 1 January 1917 | closed | ||||
| 1 March 1919 | reopened | ||||
| 22 May 1944 | closed | ||||
| 4 March 1946 | reopened | ||||
| 20 September 1954 | Station closed to passengers | ||||
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The Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway was authorised to build a line from Peckham Rye railway station to a terminus at Crystal Palace in 1862, in order to serve the attraction of the Crystal Palace.