| Catford loop line | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Owner | Network Rail | ||
| Locale | Greater London | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 8 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Suburban rail,Heavy rail | ||
| System | National Rail | ||
| Services | 1 | ||
| Operator(s) | |||
| Depot(s) | Grove Park | ||
| Rolling stock | Class 700 Class 375 "Electrostar" Class 465 "Networker" Class 466 "Networker" | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1 July 1892 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Number of tracks | 2 | ||
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | 750 VDCthird rail | ||
| Operating speed | Maximum 60 mph (97 km/h) | ||
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TheCatford loop line is arailway line in southeastLondon. It carries a suburban stopping passenger service from central London toSevenoaks, and is also a relief route for theChatham Main Line carrying passenger trains fromLondon Victoria to the Kent coast. There is also much freight activity as this is the main route to Willesden and the north via Latchmere Junction. Freight traffic includes aggregates trains to and from locations along the Thames estuary, and Kent, aviation fuel running between Colnbrook (for Heathrow) and the Isle of Grain, and a small number of international workings from the Channel Tunnel via the yard atDollands Moor. Until around 2013, a significant quantity ofintermodal traffic fromThamesport used the line - however, the opening ofLondon Gateway meant that the larger container ships stopped serving Thamesport and this traffic then ceased.
The line begins at Brixton Junction,[1][2] where it diverges from the Chatham Main Line, and ends when it rejoins the Chatham Main Line (now extended to pairs of fast and slow lines) at Shortlands Junction,[3][4] west ofShortlands station.
Incorporated as the Shortlands and Nunhead Railway in 1889 it was opened by theLondon, Chatham and Dover Railway on 1 July 1892. The line left the formerCrystal Palace High Level branch and theNunhead to Lewisham link (the former Greenwich Park branch) at a junction east ofNunhead.
The five stations on the original route were:
The length of the Catford Loop is nearly eight miles (13 km).
The line waselectrified with the otherSECR urban routes on 12 July 1925 by theSouthern Railway on its 660 DC third-rail system.
As of 12 January 2015, Southeastern operates an hourly service from London Victoria to Dover Priory over the line; Denmark Hill is the only station on the line called at by this service. All other services originate from London Blackfriars and Thameslink Core and call at all stations.
The service in June 2022 is:
Off-peak / weekends:
Peak
