Eltham railway station

This article is about the railway station in the United Kingdom. For the railway station in Australia, see Eltham railway station, Melbourne.

Eltham

Eltham Location of Eltham in Greater London
Location	Eltham
Local authority	Royal Borough of Greenwich
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	ELW
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes ^[1]
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	2.139 million^[2]
2011–12	2.162 million^[2]
2012–13	2.258 million^[2]
2013–14	2.424 million^[2]
2014–15	2.522 million^[2]
Key dates
17 March 1985	Opened
Other information
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WGS84	51°27′20″N 0°03′05″E / 51.4555°N 0.0515°E / 51.4555; 0.0515Coordinates: 51°27′20″N 0°03′05″E / 51.4555°N 0.0515°E / 51.4555; 0.0515
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Eltham railway station is a station in Eltham, South East London within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is in Travelcard Zone 4. The station is operated by Southeastern. The station has two platforms, platform 1 for services to Central London and platform 2 for Dartford and Barnehurst.

History

Until 1985 there were two railway stations in Eltham on the Bexleyheath Line.

Eltham Well Hall (originally just 'Well Hall') which opened on 1 May 1895 was about 220 yards (200 m) to the west of the current station on the other side of Well Hall Road.^[3]

Eltham Park station which opened 1 May 1908 was about 500 yards (460 m) further east of the current station with its main entrance adjacent to the London-bound platform and footpaths both to Westmount Road and Glenesk Road. An additional footpath linking the country-bound platform with Westmount Road was available at peak times.^[3]

Both railway stations were closed and replaced by the current station which opened by British Rail on 17 March 1985 when a section of the A2 - the Rochester Way Relief Road - opened. A bus station located on a raft over the A2 was opened at the same time.

The platforms and buildings of the abandoned Eltham Park station still exist. There is no trace of Eltham Well Hall station the site of which is west of Well Hall Road where the A2 passes under the railway.

Accidents

In 1972 a train derailed Eltham Well Hall rail crash on the curve immediately west of Eltham Well Hall station (closed in 1985).

Location

The station is located on Well Hall Road, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from Eltham High Street.

Buses

Eltham station is served by several Transport for London bus routes, the 132, 161, 162, 233, 286 and 314. These connect the station with Bexley, Bromley, Blackfen, Chislehurst, Greenwich, Mottingham, New Addington, New Eltham, Sidcup, Swanley and Woolwich.

Services

All trains are operated by Southeastern.

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross
2tph to London Cannon Street
2tph to London Victoria via Denmark Hill
2tph to Barnehurst
4tph to Dartford

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kidbrooke		Southeastern Bexleyheath Line & Victoria-Dartford Line		Falconwood

References

↑ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail Enquiries. National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 March 2009.
1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
1 2 Glasspool, David. "Eltham Park". Retrieved 30 July 2007.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eltham railway station.

Train times and station information for Eltham railway station from National Rail
"Report on the Derailment that occurred on 11 June 1972 at Eltham (Well Hall) Station" (PDF). (1.28 MB)
Kent Rail article on Eltham Park station

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

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Bus operators	Abellio Arriva London CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno

River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association

Train operators	Arriva Rail London c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Greater Anglia Stansted Express Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland South West Trains Southeastern TfL Rail Virgin Trains (West Coast) Virgin Trains East Coast

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

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Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)

Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

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Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southeastern routes serving this station

Metro via Bexleyheath	London Victoria Denmark Hill Peckham Rye Nunhead London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street London Bridge New Cross St Johns Lewisham Blackheath Kidbrooke Eltham Falconwood Welling Bexleyheath Barnehurst Slade Green Dartford

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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