Shortlands railway station
Shortlands railway station is in Shortlands, in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It serves the southwest part of Bromley, and is 10 miles 3 chains (16.2 km) down the line from London Victoria. The station is located on the A222 road. Shortlands Junction, just west of the station, is where the Catford Loop Line joins the Chatham Main Line: the two lines are split into slow and fast pairs through the station, which consists of two island platforms on an embankment. The station is in Travelcard Zone 4, and the station is managed by Southeastern and trains are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink.
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  Shortlands Location of Shortlands in Greater London | |
| Location | Shortlands |
| Local authority | London Borough of Bromley |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | SRT |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2015–16 |  1.652 million[1] |
| 2016–17 |  1.633 million[1] |
| – interchange | 4,601[1] |
| 2017–18 | 1.599 million[1] |
| – interchange |  12,989[1] |
| 2018–19 | 1.573 million[1] |
| – interchange | 23,033[1] |
| 2019–20 | 1.495 million[1] |
| – interchange | 18,639[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 3 May 1858 | Opened as Bromley |
| 1 July 1858 | renamed Shortlands |
| 1892 - 1894 | Quadrupled |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| WGS84 | 51.4064°N 0.0013°E |
 London transport portal | |
History
It was originally opened by the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway on 3 May 1858.[2] The station was enlarged and rebuilt to its present form in 1892-94.[3]
Shortlands Junction was remodelled in the 1950s to allow line speeds to be increased, and was remodelled again with the construction of Ravensbourne chord (a dive-under pair of lines) in 2002 to increase the capacity of the junction, as part of the work to enhance the existing network in conjunction with the opening of the first section of High Speed 1, the high-speed link to the Channel Tunnel.[4][5][6]
Services
Trains at Shortlands are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink. The May 2018 Monday to Saturday off-peak service in trains per hour is:
Southeastern[7]
- 4 tph to London Victoria via Herne Hill
- 4 tph to Bromley South of which 2 continue to Orpington
Thameslink[8]
- 2 tph to London Blackfriars
- 2 tph to Kentish Town (during the peak hours, these trains continue to Luton)
- 2 tph to Orpington
- 2 tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Thameslink | ||||
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Connections
London Buses routes 227, 358 and 367 serve the station.
References
- "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- "History of Shortlands".
- "The Railways of Beckenham", Andrew Hajducki, 2011
- "APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED RAILTRACK (SHORTLANDS JUNCTION) ORDER AND DEEMED PLANNING PERMISSION" (PDF). DTLR (now DfT). 22 June 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- "Shortlands Junction". Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- "Shortlands". Local Authorities' Rail Impact Forum. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- "Timetable 7: London to Bromley South and Orpington via Herne Hill" (PDF). Southeastern, December 2019.
- "Timetable 05: Luton to Orpington and Sevenoaks" (PDF). Thameslink, December 2019.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shortlands railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Shortlands railway station from National Rail
