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It has acted as a diversionary route for trains routed to London Bridge for any engineering works in the New Cross area. Trains divert to other London terminals (stations) using this line.
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Passenger services are provided by
Southeastern. Currently the off-peak service is 2tph between London Victoria and Gravesend via Bexleyheath (terminating at Dartford late at night).
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had absorbed the London, Chatham and Dover and the South
Eastern Railways and sought to link the two networks to enable cross-London freight. From 30 September 1935 the line was
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1540:"A new approach to rail passenger services in London and the South East"
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The line was originally built as the
Greenwich Park branch line by the
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1464:"Kent Sussex & Wessex Sectional Appendix; LOR SO260 Seq 003"
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2015:Wimbledon–West Croydon line
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1890:Gospel Oak to Barking line
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388:LCDR Crystal Palace line
2057:Railway lines in London
1865:Chessington branch line
1703:South Eastern Main Line
1637:Great Western Main Line
1632:Great Eastern Main Line
1606:Railway lines in London
1426:Freightliner Intermodal
1282:London Victoria station
1274:South Eastern Main Line
1117:South Eastern Main Line
978:Docklands Light Railway
872:South Eastern Main Line
694:South Eastern Main Line
1940:Romford–Upminster line
1809:Shepperton branch line
144:British Rail Class 466
140:British Rail Class 465
1895:Greenford branch line
1870:Chingford branch line
1850:Brentford branch line
1824:Tattenham Corner line
1718:West Anglia Main Line
1713:Waterloo–Reading line
1557:"Intermodal Services"
1372:South Eastern Railway
1368:Lewisham Road station
2005:Stanmore branch line
1814:Staines–Windsor line
1708:South West Main Line
1662:West Coast Main Line
1627:East Coast Main Line
1520:on 28 September 2007
1492:. p. panel 97.
1411:Transport for London
627:Tanners Hill flydown
1875:Crystal Palace line
1845:Acton–Northolt line
1514:"Electric Railways"
1284:to destinations in
1260:(also known as the
1930:Northern City Line
1920:Kingston loop line
1915:Hounslow Loop line
1855:Bromley North line
1789:Hertford loop line
1779:Epsom Downs Branch
1774:Dartford loop line
1688:Chiltern Main Line
1678:Brighton Main Line
1651:under construction
1567:on 23 August 2017.
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1683:Chatham Main Line
1657:Midland Main Line
1362:Creating the link
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1524:25 February
1440:DB Cargo UK
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329:Blackfriars
278:branch line
164:Track gauge
126:Operator(s)
83:Peckham Rye
51:Operational
2051:Categories
1905:Hayes line
1804:Oxted line
1613:Main lines
1450:References
1430:Thamesport
1109:Hayes Line
209:third rail
1671:Secondary
1374:lines at
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220:Route map
150:Technical
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43:Overview
1968:Disused
1620:Primary
1473:19 July
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