Holborn Viaduct–Herne Hill line

The Holborn Viaduct–Herne Hill line is a railway line between Holborn Viaduct in the City of London and Herne Hill in the London Borough of Lambeth. After the closure of Holborn Viaduct station the line ends at the south portal of Snow Hill tunnel merging into Snow Hill lines. From there the Widened Lines to St Pancras and Kentish Town are reached. Today the section north of Blackfriars is part of the Thameslink core. Originally being a branch line of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) towards the City of London, the line is sometimes called LCDR City Branch.

Holborn Viaduct–Herne Hill line
A Class 700 unit at Blackfriars
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerNetwork Rail
ELRHHH
LocaleGreater London
Termini
Service
ServicesThameslink
Southeastern (peak only)
Operator(s)Govia Thameslink Railway
Southeastern
History
Opened6 October 1863
Last extension1874
Technical
Number of tracks2
4 (Blackfriars–Loughborough Junction)
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Holborn Viaduct–Herne Hill North Jn
m ch
Widened Lines
to Kentish Town Jn
│
Hammersmith & City,
Metropolitan and Circle lines
 Farringdon
Hammersmith & City,
Metropolitan and Circle lines
Widened Lines
to Moorgate
0 15
 Smithfield Sidings
 Holborn Viaduct low level
0 28
City Thameslink│Holborn Viaduct
(superimposed)
former portal of Snow Hill tunnel
tunnel extension beneath former line
0 44
0 23
change of line
Ludgate Hill
0 35
 Blackfriars
River Thames (Blackfriars Railway Bridge)
 Blackfriars Bridge
0 63
 Blackfriars Jn
South Eastern Main Line
Charing Cross–Dover Priory
 Borough Road
1 47
 Elephant & Castle
 Walworth Road
 Camberwell
3 36
 Loughborough Jn
3 48
 Loughborough Junction
Catford Loop line
Brixton Jn–Shortlands Jn
South London line
Battersea Park–Peckham Rye Jn
 Herne Hill sorting sidings
Chatham Main Line
to Victoria
4 30
 Herne Hill north Jn
 Herne Hill
 Herne Hill south Jn
Chatham Main Line
to Ramsgate
curve to Tulse Hill
for Portsmouth line to Horsham
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