Lambeth council has commissioned a feasibility study into opening a station on the upper overground line that currently goes through Brixton without stopping. This line is part of the new Inner South London Line extension of the London Overground Line which connects Clapham Junction with North London, via Surrey Quays and Shoreditch.
Keen to pursue the idea, local resident Annabel Kerley has started an online petition, calling on the Department for Transport to build a London Overground Station on the site of the old Brixton East station:
Please build a London Overground Station on the site of the old Brixton East station which closed in the 70′s. This would have a huge impact on improving a deprived area of South London:
– better transport links to jobs and facilities in East London (current bus services are slow and indirect, tube overcrowded and national rail provision disjointed)
– increase in footfall for local businesses
– assist with regeneration of Somerleyton Road area and Loughborough Junction
You can sign the petition by clicking here >>