Elmers End station

Elmers End
Elmers End

Location of Elmers End in Greater London
Location Elmers End
Local authority Bromley
Managed by Southeastern
Station code ELE
Number of platforms 3 (2 for heavy rail; 1 for Tramlink)
Accessible [1]
Fare zone 4

National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05 0.616 million[2]
2005–06 0.643 million[2]
2006–07 0.894 million[2]
2007–08 0.957 million[2]
2008–09 0.971 million[2]

1 April 1864 Opened
29 May 1882 Hayes branch opens
13 May 1983 WSCR closes
31 May 1997 Addiscombe Line closes
29 May 2000 Tramlink services began

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Elmers End station is a railway station and tram terminus in Elmers End, South London, England. It is in the London Borough of Bromley, and Travelcard Zone 4 17 km (11 mi) south of London Charing Cross.

The railway through Elmers End was opened by the South Eastern Railway on 1 April 1864 as an extension of the Mid-Kent Line from New Beckenham to Addiscombe; there was a branch, opened on 29 May 1882 to Hayes at this station.[3] The portion of the line to Addiscombe, which was originally named Croydon (Addiscombe Road), was closed in 1997 when Tramlink took over much of the trackbed from Elmers End.

The Hayes line service on the suburban commuter railway line between Hayes and London Charing Cross through Elmers End is still in use. The station is on Elmers End Road (A214), at the north-east corner of South Norwood Country Park.

One former railway platform is now the terminus for Tramlink route 1 services to central Croydon.

Contents

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a train every 15 minutes towards Central London either to Cannon Street or Charing Cross and to Hayes in the other direction. Evenings and Sundays there is a half-hourly service in each direction. Trams depart from the station every 12 minutes; this service falls to four trams per hour during the early morning and evenings. Each tram travels towards Croydon town centre and West Croydon tram stop, before travelling back to Elmers End.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Clock House   Southeastern
Hayes Line
  Eden Park
    Tramlink    
Route 1 Terminus
Disused railways
Clock House   Network SouthEast
Addiscombe Line
  Woodside
  British Rail
Southern Region

Woodside and South Croydon Railway
 

Layout

Platform 1 Tramlink Route 1 towards Elmers End via loop
Side Platform
Platform 2 Southeastern towards Charing Cross, Cannon Street
Platform 3 Southeastern towards Hayes
Side Platform

See also

References

  1. ^ "Planning an accessible journey with Southeastern". Southeastern. May 2009. http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/app/webroot/files/cache/Station%20Access%20Guide.pdf. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c d e "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011.  Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ^ "The Railways of Beckenham", Andrew Hajducki, 2011

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