Petts Wood railway station

Petts Wood railway station is on the South Eastern main line, serving Petts Wood in the London Borough of Bromley, south-eastern Greater London. It is 12 miles 53 chains (20.4 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Chislehurst and Orpington stations. It is in Travelcard zone 5.

Petts Wood
Petts Wood
Location of Petts Wood in Greater London
LocationPetts Wood
Local authorityLondon Borough of Bromley
Managed bySoutheastern
Station codePET
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms4
Fare zone5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2015–16 2.290 million[1]
2016–17 2.273 million[1]
2017–18 2.271 million[1]
2018–19 2.339 million[1]
2019–20 2.216 million[1]
Key dates
9 July 1928Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451.3889°N 0.0742°E / 51.3889; 0.0742
 London transport portal

It has four platform faces on islands located between the slow and fast pairs of tracks. To the north of the station is Petts Wood Junction, where the up (London-bound) and down (country-bound) loop lines link the lines from Charing Cross and Victoria. The station is operated by Southeastern.

History

The station was built on the main line to the north of Orpington and opened on 9 July 1928, initially as a single island platform, with the first tickets printed showing the name as Pett's Wood. The community now surrounding it developed from that date: now the railway divides Petts Wood East and Petts Wood West.

Connections

London Buses routes 208, 273, R3, R7 and night route N199 serve the station.[2]

Services

Services at Petts Wood are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink using a mixture of Class 376, 465, 466 and 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3][4][5]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Southeastern
Southeastern
Thameslink

References
  1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. "Buses from Petts Wood" (PDF). TfL. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. "Timetable 7: London to Bromley South and Orpington" (PDF). Southeastern, September 2020.
  4. "Timetable 6: London to Orpington and Sevenoaks via Grove Park" (PDF). Southeastern, September 2020.
  5. "Timetable 05: Luton to Orpington and Sevenoaks" (PDF). Thameslink, December 2019.
  • Mitchell, V & Smith, K (1991). Southern Main Lines: Charing Cross to Orpington. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-96-7.
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