New Cross station
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| New Cross | |||
| Location | |||
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| Place | New Cross | ||
| Local authority | Lewisham | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 (3 NR, 1 LU) | ||
| National Rail | |||
| Station code | NWX | ||
| Annual entry/exit |
2.065 million * | ||
| Transport for London | |||
| Zone | 2 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened October 1850 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at this station. Disclaimer (PDF) | |||
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New Cross station is a London Underground and mainline station in New Cross, about 600m from New Cross Gate station. It is a southern terminus of the East London Line, the next station being Surrey Quays. It is in zone 2. The platforms are named by letter A to D to distinguish them from New Cross Gate platforms.
Mainline services are operated by Southeastern from either Cannon Street or Charing Cross out to north and mid Kent. The next stations are London Bridge to the north and St Johns to the south.
England's railway boom of the 1830s led to two competing companies driving lines through the area. The first, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) established a station on the New Cross Road close to Hatcham in 1839. The second company, the South Eastern Railway (SER) established a second near Amersham Road in the heart of New Cross in 1849. Both companies called their stations "New Cross".
The confusing state of affairs was allowed to continue until the two companies were absorbed into the Southern Railway on the post-war grouping in 1923. To avoid confusion the Southern changed the name of the "Brighton" station - the one furthest away from New Cross - to "New Cross Gate", leaving the "South Eastern" station as "New Cross". And so it has remained ever since.
Phase 2 of the expansion plans for the Fleet Line would have seen the station served by tube services to central London and Lewisham .
Although no recorded accidents have occurred at New Cross Station, the Spa Road Junction rail crash occurred a short distance outside the station.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for New Cross station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of New Cross station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | Underground Lines | Following station | ||
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| Surrey Quays | East London Line | Terminus | ||
| National Rail | ||||
| London Bridge | Southeastern Hayes Line |
St Johns | ||
| Southeastern Dartford Loop Line |
St Johns | |||
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