Opened in 1866, East Brixton was a station on the South London line – now part of the London Overground's Windrush Line – served by trains from London Victoria to London Bridge.
All went well until the opening of Brixton Underground station opened in 1971, when it lost many of its passengers. Then a fire at the station in 1975 destroyed its buildings and it was closed by British Rail in January 1976.
Jago Hazzard tells us more about this history, looks for the scant remains of East Brixton station and discusses the possibility that it will be reopened. At present, the Windrush Line trains sail over Electric Avenue without stopping anywhere in Brixton.
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FYI there has been a long running campaign to extend the Victoria Line south of Brixton, probably to Streatham, possibly all the way to Crystal Palace (supported by long time Lib Dems transport spokesperson Caroline Pidgeon when she was a GLA member). TfL has been opposed to this, saying it would need to remodel Brixton station wholesale due to increased patronage. Opening up stations such as East Brixton would make a Vic line extension far more viable, so such a move could be pretty momentous.
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