1862: Swanley station (then named Sevenoaks Junction) 6 October 1862: stations along the Metropolitan Extension line towards Victoria opened: including Penge East, Sydenham Hill, Herne Hill, and Clapham. Knight's Hill, now West Dulwich was also opened. 1863 openings: Wandsworth Road station 5 October 1863: Herne Bay to Ramsgate. Birchington-on-Sea, Margate, and Broadstairs stations all opening with the line. 6 October 1863: City Branch – Diverges from the Metropolitan Extension of the Chatham main line at Herne Hill. Opened as far as Elephant & Castle. 1864 openings: 1 June 1864: City Branch extended to Blackfriars Bridge 1865 openings: 1 June 1865: City Branch extended to Ludgate Hill 1 August 1865: Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway – Diverges from the LCDR mainline at Brixton to Crystal Palace High Level via Nunhead 1866 openings: 1 January 1866: Snow Hill tunnel connecting the City Branch with the Metropolitan Railway 1872 openings: Longfield opened as Fawkham for Longfield and Hartley Loughborough Road (the first station at what is now Loughborough Junction station) City Branch extended to Holborn Viaduct 1 June 1874: Otford to Maidstone East line, with Kemsing, Borough Green, West Malling, Barming and Maidstone East stations opening with the line. See Maidstone East Line. 1886: Gravesend Railway branch line to Gravesend (Gravesend West) was constructed from the Chatham Main Line at Fawkham Junction (just before Longfield station). 15 June 1881: Dover Priory to Deal, Dover & Deal Joint Railway (LCDR/South Eastern Railway). See Kent Coast Line. 1 July 1884: Maidstone East to with intermediate stations opening at Bearsted, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Lenham, and Charing. See Maidstone East Line 1 October 1884: Kent House, west of Beckenham Junction 1 July 1892: Catford Loop Line – Shortlands and Nunhead Railway (constructed 1889) was incorporated with the Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway to form a loop, effectively quadrupling the LCDR main line. This date also saw the bay platforms at Kent House opening. Authorised from the future site of Nunhead on 28 July 1863; Nunhead opened 1 September 1871; Greenwich Park branch opened from Nunhead to Blackheath Hill on 18 September 1871; opened through to Greenwich Park on 1 October 1888. Greenwich Park branch – Nunhead to Greenwich Park, closed by Southern on 1 January 1926, although a section was kept in use, and is used to this day as a link between Nunhead and Lewisham Stations on the Greenwich Branch were Brockley Lane