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==Transport== ===Bridges and tunnels=== [[Image:Tabard inn mid19th.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Tabard]] Inn, around 1850]] [[Image:Borough market c1860.jpg|thumb|right|[[Borough Market]], circa 1860]] [[Image:Borough market.jpg|thumb|right|[[Borough Market]], [[Southwark Street]] entrance]] * [[Blackfriars Bridge]] * [[London Bridge]] * [[London Millennium Bridge]] * [[Southwark Bridge]] * [[Tower Bridge]] * [[Rotherhithe Tunnel]] * [[Thames Tunnel]] now part of the [[London Overground|Overground]] ==="A" Roads=== *Roads leading to bridges across the Thames meet at St. George's Circus *The [[A201 road|A201 Inner Ring Road]] crosses the north-west of the area from the [[Elephant and Castle]] to [[Tower Bridge]] and the city. *The [[A2 road (Great Britain)|A2]] runs along [[Old Kent Road]] through the north of the borough and is London's main artery from the centre out to [[Kent]]. *The [[A202 road|A202]] runs along Peckham High Street and passes the town hall. *The A205 London's [[A205 road|South Circular Road]] runs eastβwest along [[West Dulwich|Dulwich Common]] and Thurlow Park Road in the south. *The boundary with [[London Borough of Bromley|Bromley]] at Crystal Palace Parade is part of the [[A212 road|A212]]. ===London Underground (Tube) stations=== The [[Bakerloo]], [[Jubilee line|Jubilee]] and [[Northern line|Northern]] lines all run through the borough, below are the stations called at: * [[Bermondsey tube station|Bermondsey]] (Jubilee line) * [[Borough tube station|Borough]] (Northern line (Bank Branch) * [[Canada Water tube station|Canada Water]] (Jubilee line) * [[Elephant & Castle tube station|Elephant & Castle]] (Bakerloo and Northern line (Bank Branch) * [[Kennington tube station|Kennington]] (Northern line) * [[London Bridge tube station|London Bridge]] (Jubilee and Northern line (Bank Branch) * [[Southwark tube station|Southwark]] (Jubilee line) ===London Overground stations=== (All stations listed here are on the [[Windrush line]]) * [[Surrey Quays station|Surrey Quays]] * [[Rotherhithe station|Rotherhithe]] * [[Canada Water tube station|Canada Water]] (also part of London Underground) * [[Denmark Hill railway station|Denmark Hill]] * [[Peckham Rye railway station|Peckham Rye]] * [[Queens Road Peckham]] ===Railway stations=== National Rail services in the Borough are operated by Southern, Southeastern and Thameslink. * [[Gipsy Hill railway station|Gipsy Hill]] * [[Denmark Hill railway station|Denmark Hill]] (also part of London Overground) * [[East Dulwich railway station|East Dulwich]] * [[West Dulwich railway station|West Dulwich]] * [[London Bridge railway station|London Bridge]] * [[North Dulwich railway station|North Dulwich]] * [[Nunhead railway station|Nunhead]] * [[Peckham Rye railway station|Peckham Rye]] (also part of London Overground) * [[Queens Road Peckham]] (also part of London Overground) * [[Sydenham Hill railway station|Sydenham Hill]] * [[South Bermondsey railway station|South Bermondsey]] * [[Elephant & Castle railway station|Elephant & Castle]] ===Riverbus piers=== ''Operated by [[Thames Clippers]]'' * [[Bankside Pier]] β for [[Tate Modern]] and the [[Globe Theatre]] * [[London Bridge City Pier]] * [[Nelson Dock Pier]] * [[Greenland Pier]] ===Parking and DVLA database ban=== In 2012 it was revealed that the Southwark borough council has been permanently banned from accessing information from the [[Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency]]. This information is normally made available to local authorities for purposes such as enforcing parking fines, but access can be withdrawn if they are found to be mis-using the service. The [[Big Brother Watch]] organisation, which obtained the information about the ban under a [[Freedom of Information Act 2000|Freedom of Information]] request, claimed that "the public are right to be worried that their privacy is at risk across a range of government services."<ref>{{citation|title=DVLA bans councils from database over abuses|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20642429|work=BBC News|date=8 December 2012|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> ===Travel to work=== In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: bus, minibus or coach, 17.5% of all residents aged 16β74; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 8.5%; train, 8.5%; on foot, 8.2%; driving a car or van, 8.1%; bicycle, 4.9%; work mainly at or from home, 2.8%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: QS701EW Method of travel to work, local authorities in England and Wales|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs701ew.xls|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=23 November 2013}} Percentages are of all residents aged 16β74 including those not in employment. Respondents could only pick one mode, specified as the journey's longest part by distance.</ref>
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