Tulse Hill | |
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  Tulse Hill Location of Tulse Hill in Greater London | |
| Location | Tulse Hill |
| Local authority | London Borough of Lambeth |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Station code(s) | TUH |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2019–20 |  2.389 million[1] |
| – interchange | 0.637 million[1] |
| 2020–21 |  0.776 million[1] |
| – interchange | 0.134 million[1] |
| 2021–22 | 1.591 million[1] |
| – interchange | 0.275 million[1] |
| 2022–23 | 1.877 million[1] |
| – interchange | 0.547 million[1] |
| 2023–24 | 1.999 million[1] |
| – interchange | 0.373 million[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 1868 | Opened (LBSCR) |
| 1869 | LCDR arrives |
| 1871 | Additional LBSCR line |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°26′24″N0°06′18″W / 51.4399°N 0.1049°W /51.4399; -0.1049 |
 London transport portal | |
Tulse Hill railway station is in theTulse Hill area of theLondon Borough of Lambeth in southLondon, between railway bridges over theA205, South Circular Road and theA215, Norwood Road. It is 5 miles 2 chains (8.1 km) measured fromLondon Victoria. There are currently 4 platforms, each long enough for 8 coaches.
It is served by bothSouthern andThameslink, and it is inTravelcard Zone 3.
Tulse Hill station was opened in 1868 by theLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway on their line fromLondon Bridge. In 1869, this was joined by theLondon, Chatham and Dover Railway's "Metropolitan Extension" line toHolborn Viaduct. The LB&SCR's through line to Streatham and Wimbledon opened in 1871.
The station originally had a bowstring-arched iron and glass roof covering all four platforms. and the brick retaining walls of this structure survive. However, it appears that the roof was demolished as a precautionary measure following the collapse of a similar one atCharing Cross in 1905, and individual platform canopies were then introduced. These had no proper foundations, and graduallysubsided until the last of the Edwardian canopies were replaced in the 1990s byBritish Rail. Some modernisation of the station, including a new covered entrance on the east side, took place under the operator Southern, and ticket gates (funded by theDepartment for Transport) were installed in 2009.[citation needed]
The station can accommodate eight-car trains; the complex sections of track at each end of the station and a large bridge which cannot be moved mean it cannot be extended to accommodate longer ones.[2]
Services at Tulse Hill are operated bySouthern andThameslink usingClass 377 and700EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
A small number of late evening Thameslink services are extended beyond St Albans City toBedford.
On Sundays, the services between London Bridge and Beckenham Junction do not run and there are also direct services beyond St Albans City toLuton.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Southern | ||||
| Southern | ||||
London Buses routes2,68,196,201,322,432,468,P13, school route690 and night routesN2 andN68 serve the station.[4]
The closestLondon Underground station to Tulse Hill isBrixton tube station.[citation needed]
