page_title: Streatham Common railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Streatham Common railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: Pre Grouping railway junction around Streatham &amp; Tulse Hill; Hastings &amp; St Leonards. The lines owned by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway and used by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway are in pink; the lines of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway are in green.
context_page_description: Streatham Common railway station is in Streatham in south London, 6 miles 48 chains from London Victoria, and in Travelcard Zone 3.
  The station is managed by Southern who also operate trains from the station. Direct trains from the station run to Victoria, London Bridge, East Croydon, Shepherds Bush, and Milton Keynes Central. Southern consider the station to be the 6th busiest station on their 158 station network as it receives 12,932 passenger journeys a day, totalling 4,655,520 per year. The Office of Rail and Road figures are lower at 3,827,296.
  The station has four platforms, but only platforms 1 and 2 are in daily use; platforms 3 and 4 are normally for passing Express trains, but they are occasionally used during engineering work or major disruption. Step free access to both platforms and both station entrances is available.
  Although the station is named Streatham Common, it is actually 0.5 miles away from Streatham Common, and Streatham railway station is the nearest station being 0.3 miles from the common.
context_section_description: The Balham Hill and East Croydon line was constructed by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) as a short-cut on the Brighton Main Line to London Victoria, avoiding Crystal Palace and Norwood Junction.
caption: A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Streatham Common railway station.
exif: {}