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Opened in 1879 by the London & North Western Railway on its line from London Euston to Watford Junction. View west towards Kilburn High Road and Watford Junction. The remains of further platforms can be seen to the left.
©Nigel Thompson
South Hampstead Station entrance.
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London Overground took over the North London Railway routes of the former Silverlink Metro On 11 November 2007. The routes are branded with a version of the London Underground roundel (coloured orange with a blue bar) and are now shown on Underground maps with a double orange stripe.
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South Hampstead station has now been given the London Overground branding - compare with this picture taken just over a year earlier when the station was operated by Silverlink: [[400550]]. This very basic building was a standard design adopted by British Rail for its stations on the North London network - originally access was through a turnstyle adjacent to the ticket office window. For many years stations such as this have only been staffed during the busiest periods, but under Transport for London's high profile new policy the station is now staffed at all times when trains are running.
©Stephen McKay
Looking along the up platform (towards Euston) from under the Loudoun Road bridge.
©Stephen McKay
A work weary class 82 takes an empty coaching stock train north through South Hampstead. The last members of this class were withdrawn in 1987. Cuttings along this section of the Euston main line are brick lined and here the engineers have built large buttresses to prevent collapse. Platforms on the fast lines here are no longer in use.
©Martin Addison
The North London heavy rail suburban network is now operated by London Overground Rail Operations Ltd as a Transport for London concession rather than as a franchise awarded by the Department for Transport. Although still part of the National Rail system, it is now also integrated with the rest of London's public transport infrastructure, so the TfL roundel appears on station nameboards as here. Note the successive attempts to paint out graffiti from the retaining wall.
©Stephen McKay
Looking down the steps to the up platform where a solitary passenger waits for a train into Euston.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.1km<br/>Euston bound 313001, in Network Southeast livery, pulls out of South Hampstead station. The arches just before the tunnel carry the mainline from Marylebone. The blocks of flats behind are at Swiss Cottage.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.1km<br/>West of the junction with Loudoun Road.
©Mike Quinn
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking towards Watford from the platform at South Hampstead. A Watford - Euston train approaches on the DC lines, which, although they run parallel with the main line for most of the way between Euston and Watford, effectively operate as a separate railway, with very little in the way of physical connection except at Euston.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.1km<br/>The roundabout where Loudoun Road, Belsize Road, Hilgrove Road, Fairfax Road and Fairhazel Gardens all meet is dominated by a large weeping willow. The insignificant looking sign to Swiss Cottage Underground station (via the eastern end of Belsize Road) looks like an afterthought, however, and clearly needs refixing.
©Stephen McKay
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