West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway

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The West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway opened on the 1st December 1856 from Crystal Palace railway station to a point south east of Clapham Junction railway station where it connected with the London and South Western Railway. A subsequent extension to Battersea Wharf opened on 29 March 1858.

The original stations on the line were

Crystal Palace Low Level
Gipsy Hill
West Norwood
Streatham Hill - the 1856 wooden station booking hall remains unchanged
Balham
Wandsworth Common

The line at Battersea Wharf was connected to the Victoria Station & Pimlico Railway Company, enabling access to the Victoria terminus.

The West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway line was later connected eastwards to the Mid Kent Railway's line to St Mary Cray which joined the East Kent Railway's (latter renamed London, Chatham and Dover Railway) "Chatham" Main Line.

Following the construction of the LCDR's own Metropolitan Extensions in 1863, traffic over the line west of Crystal Palace was confined to the trains of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway.