 Herne Hill railway station is in the London Borough of Lambeth , South London , England , on the boundary between London fare zones 2 and 3 . Train services are provided by Thameslink to London Blackfriars , Farringdon , St. Pancras International and Luton Airport on the Thameslink route and by Southeastern to London Victoria ( via Brixton ) and Orpington on the Kent Coast line. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.
The station was opened on 25 July 1862 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) as part of its London Bridge to Croydon line. It was the terminus of