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 V DC third rail | ||
Operating speed | Maximum 60 mph (97 km/h) | ||
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The Catford loop line is a railway line in southeast London. It carries a suburban stopping passenger service from central London to Sevenoaks, and is also a relief route for the Chatham Main Line carrying passenger trains from London 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 at Dollands Moor. Until around 2013, a significant quantity of intermodal traffic from Thamesport used the line - however, the opening of London 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 of Shortlands station.