New Eltham railway station
New Eltham railway station is in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. It is 10 miles 32 chains (16.7 km) down the line from London Charing Cross.
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Location | New Eltham |
Local authority | Royal Borough of Greenwich |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Station code | NEH |
DfT category | C2 |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 4 |
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1 April 1878 | Opened |
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WGS84 | 51.4375°N 0.0722°E |
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It is operated by Southeastern and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It has two platforms: Platform 1 the "up" platform for services to London and Platform 2 the "down" platform, for services towards Kent.
History
New Eltham station was opened as Pope Street Station in April 1878, twelve years after the opening of the Dartford Loop Line. The station was renamed New Eltham in 1886 although Pope Street was retained as a suffix until 1927. It had a goods yard on the up side which closed in 1963 and eventually became a car park, and a signal box just beyond the western end of the down platform. In 1955 the platforms were extended to take ten carriage trains. In the same year the signal box was taken out of use and demolished. The up side booking office was rebuilt in 1988.[2][3]
Location
The station is located in New Eltham in a shallow cutting near the crossroads of Footscray Road and Avery Hill Road.
Connections
London Buses route 160, 162, 233, 314, 321 and B13 serve the station.
Facilities
The station has been added to the Department for Transport "Access for All" scheme. The footbridge linking the two platforms was removed in the summer of 2013 and replaced with a new accessible footbridge with lifts which became operational in December 2014. Both platforms are accessible without using steps.
Services
The typical off peak service is:
- 4tph to London Charing Cross of which 2tph are all stations to Hither Green then fast and 2tph are non-stop to London Bridge.
- 2tph to London Cannon Street via Lewisham.
- 2tph to Dartford.
- 2tph to Gravesend (skipping Albany Park).
- 2tph to Slade Green, then returning to London Cannon Street via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich.
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Mottingham or London Bridge | Southeastern Dartford Loop Line |
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References
- "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- Glasspool, David. "New Eltham". Kent Rail.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1991). Lewisham to Dartford. London Suburban Railways series. Middleton Press.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Eltham railway station. |
- Train times and station information for New Eltham railway station from National Rail