Origins
Following the successful opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1825 and 1830 respectively, several schemes were put forward for railways in south east England, including the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway of 1830 and the London and Greenwich Railway (L&GR), which was constructed between 1833 and 1835. The L&CR proposed a 8.75-mile (14.08 km) route between a junction with the L&GR at Corbetts Lane, Bermondsey and the thriving market town of Croydon in Surrey. L&CR trains would share the L&GR track for two miles from the terminus at London Bridge. The first three miles from Croydon to Anerley followed the alignment of the unsuccessful Croydon Canal, with Croydon station and locomotive depot on the site of the old canal basin.
The railway was authorised by Act of Parliament in July 1835 and the company purchased the Croydon Canal in 1836, for £40,250. Before it had finished building its line, the company had entered into agreements with two other railways to share its route into London. The South Eastern Railway (SER) agreed to construct its line to Dover from Croydon, and the London and Brighton Railway joined the L&CR at Norwood Junction.
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