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passed under the tracks, and in the station's early years there was a booking office, situated in a wooden building to the east of the station. This was eventually closed and tickets were subsequently sold on the platforms. The station had a 13-lever signal box, which remained in use until closure in
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system at 600 volts, but passenger numbers declined after the
Crystal Palace burnt down in 1936. Upon the line reopening in 1946 with the cost of repairing the war damage and declining passenger numbers the decision was taken to close the branch in 1954. The station was demolished around 1956–7.
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in south London, creating a permanent public amenity which he dubbed as a "winter park and garden under glass". The palace was dismantled in Hyde Park, and rebuilt in what is now
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Railway through Sydenham Hill Wood, From the Nun's Head to the Screaming Alice by Mathew Frith, The Friends of the Great North Wood and London Wildlife Trust leaflet 1995
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situated across Wood Vale as well as a new housing development to the south. The goods yard, used to store coal, was added at to the station after 1870.
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Crystal Palace (High Level) and
Catford Loop by V Mitchell & K Smith, Middleton Press, 1991
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suburb of south London, to the south of Forest Hill Road and to the east of Wood Vale. The
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began building its own line to the venue, which opened in August 1865 with services from
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This article is about the disused station. For the current station in Honor Oak, see
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Crystal Palace (High Level) Branch by W Smith, British Railway Journal 28, 1989
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by 1854. Anticipating passenger demand for travel to the new venue, the
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The station was closed from 1 January 1917 to 1 March 1919 in the
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Railways by A A Jackson, David & Charles, 1978
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Borough of Lewisham
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is across Wood Vale to the left. It was situated on the
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Honor Oak railway station was about half a mile west of
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1511:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865
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383:London, Chatham & Dover Railway
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979:Globe Road & Devonshire Street
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580:"Crystal Palace: A History London"
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158:South Eastern and Chatham Railway
154:London, Chatham and Dover Railway
16:Former railway station in England
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611:, Historical Background.
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481:Line and station closed
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310:Camberwell Old Cemetery
422:Honor Oak Park station
874:Church Manor Way Halt
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468:Crystal Palace branch
1394:Uxbridge Vine Street
1384:Uxbridge High Street
1309:South Harefield Halt
1234:Park Royal West Halt
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277:after its move from
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393:and terminating at
363:Crystal Palace Park
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42:General information
1374:Twyford Abbey Halt
849:Cannon Street Road
774:Blackfriars Bridge
638:. Middleton Press.
445:Following station
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371:Brighton Main Line
275:The Crystal Palace
213:Temporarily closed
197:Temporarily closed
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899:Coombe Road
884:Coborn Road
764:Bishopsgate
719:Bandon Halt
528:"HONOR OAK"
391:Peckham Rye
300:Description
283:World War I
210:22 May 1944
87: /
63:Coordinates
1495:Categories
1429:West Green
1419:Welsh Harp
1304:South Dock
1294:Silvertown
1289:Shoreditch
1229:Park Royal
1174:Necropolis
994:Haggerston
919:Crouch End
839:Camberwell
714:Angel Road
704:Addiscombe
489:References
414:third rail
230:1954-09-20
183:1865-12-01
72:51°26′59″N
1541:Honor Oak
1439:Willesden
1184:Nine Elms
1114:Manor Way
1089:Limehouse
1049:Honor Oak
1009:Harlesden
924:Crowlands
809:Brentford
789:Blackwall
729:Battersea
351:Hyde Park
306:Honor Oak
279:Hyde Park
259:Honor Oak
174:Key dates
114:Platforms
75:0°03′31″W
51:Honor Oak
34:Honor Oak
1444:Woodside
1319:Spa Road
1209:Old Ford
1154:Minories
1134:Mile End
1024:Highgate
974:Gallions
804:Bow Road
375:Sydenham
221:Reopened
205:Reopened
107:TQ350740
55:Lewisham
47:Location
1269:Selsdon
1159:Mitcham
964:Enfield
949:Edgware
859:Central
754:Belmont
744:Beckton
589:5 March
537:5 March
473:
459:
451:Nunhead
442:
436:
410:wartime
341:History
322:Nunhead
269:on the
265:by the
228: (
181: (
135:History
130:Disused
58:England
1249:Poplar
909:Cowley
334:subway
263:London
127:Status
569:, 14.
554:, 11.
591:2020
539:2020
509:, 9.
285:and
1069:Kew
799:Bow
584:BBC
373:at
328:.
320:at
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599:^
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559:^
530:.
514:^
497:^
261:,
53:,
685:e
678:t
671:v
593:.
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