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It’s the saga that keeps on going: the Overground extension to Surrey Canal Road in south London. TfL first announced plans to extend an Overground line to Bermondsey all the way back in 2009. It was finally approved by Lewisham Council in 2022. Then, after years of setbacks, in 2024 property developers said they wanted to drop £17 million on a brand new station next to Millwall Stadium. But with no more news, by the end of 2025 south Londoners had all but given up on their dreams of a new Overground hub. Now, however, there’s been an exciting update.
Plans to build Surrey Canal Road station have actually moved forward, as Lewisham Council has just approved extra funding to construct the Overground terminal.
If it actually goes ahead, Surrey Canal Road will be on the Windrush line, with southern connections to Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace, West Croydon, and northern connections to Shoreditch, Hoxton and Highbury and Islington. It would serve the local area, which includes a new 3,500-home housing development being built around Millwall stadium.
Currently, due to its poor connectivity the development faces a Grampian condition which says that building work must pause once it reaches 600 homes. The further 2,900 homes would be unlocked once a new station is built to serve the area.
So far, TfL has secured £25 million from Renewal Group, which is building the New Bermondsey development and around £1 million from Fosfel Apollo Limited. Lewisham Council has also offered to give TfL funding secured from other developers for this project, with the cabinet approving the use of the Strategic Community Infrastructure Levy (SCIL) in September 2025.
If TfL can scrape together enough cash to fund the project, Surrey Canal Road station could be complete by 2028.
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