Loughborough Junction railway station
Loughborough Junction 
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The station entrance on 2 January 2007
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 Loughborough Junction
Location of Loughborough Junction in Greater London
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| Location | Brixton |
| Local authority | London Borough of Lambeth |
| Managed by | Thameslink |
| Station code | LGJ |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 1.126 million |
| 2012–13 |
1.183 million |
| 2013–14 |
1.386 million |
| 2014–15 |
1.405 million |
| 2015–16 |
 0.892 million |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | London, Chatham and Dover Railway |
| Key dates | |
| Oct 1864 | Brixton spur platforms opened as "Loughborough Road". |
| 1 Dec 1872 | Main line and Cambria spur platforms opened. Station renamed "Loughborough Junction" |
| 3 April 1916 | Brixton spur platforms closed |
| 12 July 1925 | Cambria spur platforms closed |
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| WGS84 | 51°27′58″N 0°06′07″W / 51.4661°N 0.102°WCoordinates: 51°27′58″N 0°06′07″W / 51.4661°N 0.102°W |
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Loughborough Junction railway station is in Loughborough Junction, Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is between Elephant & Castle and Herne Hill stations and is served by Thameslink and at peak hours by Southeastern.
In the 1860s the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) opened its City Branch to central London. The line remains in use; since 1990 it has been part of the Thameslink route.
In October 1864 the LCDR opened Loughborough Road station on the north-to-west Brixton spur which connects the City Branch to the original Chatham Main Line at Brixton station. On 1 December 1872 platforms were opened on the City branch and on the north-to-east spur (called the Cambria Road platforms and spur after nearby Cambria Road). The enlarged station was renamed Loughborough Junction. The Loughborough Road platforms closed permanently on 3 April 1916 as a wartime economy measure, by 1916 all LCDR City branch stations south of the Thames had been closed except Loughborough Junction and Elephant & Castle. In connection with the Southern Railway suburban electrification the platforms on Cambria Jn spur could not be lengthened so were closed on 12 July 1925.
After nationalisation the station was part of the Southern Region of British Railways and, from 1986, Network SouthEast. Around 1990 the station became part of the Thameslink route.
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