Station Name: SPA ROAD

 

[Source: Nick Catford]


Date opened: 8th February 1836
Location: Main line running out of London Bridge
Company on opening: London & Greenwich Railway
Date closed to passengers: 15th March 1915
Date closed completely: 15th March 1915
Company on closing: South Eastern & Chatham
Present state: Remains of the platforms are still extant. The station front under one of the arches can still be seen including the words 'Booking Office'.
County: London
OS Grid Ref: TQ343792
Date of visit: 1968

Notes: Spa Road was originally opened as a temporary terminus for London's first passenger railway, the London & Greenwich Railway, on 8th February 1836. The extension from Spa Road to London Bridge was opened on December 14, 1836. The station was re-sited on 30th October 1842 and renamed Spa Road & Bermondsey in October 1877

 


Description: The platform as seen from a passing train in 1968
Photo by Nick Catford

Arrow indicates the position of the station


Spa Road station in 1900

 

[Source: Nick Catford]
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