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3 unusual facts about Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway


Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway

Lordship Lane station has found ongoing fame as the subject of one of Camille Pissarro's finest small-scale pictures.

The Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway was built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway from Nunhead to Crystal Palace High Level to serve the Crystal Palace after the building was moved to the area that became known as Crystal Palace from its original site in Hyde Park.

Part of the route adjacent to the Horniman Museum and Gardens is now a 'Railway Nature Trail', maintained for the museum by the Trust for Urban Ecology.



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