Bickley railway station

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Bickley


Bickley Location of Bickley in Greater London
Location	Bickley
Local authority	Bromley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	BKL
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	5

National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.595 million^[1]
2005–06	0.581 million^[1]
2006–07	0.790 million^[1]
2007–08	0.837 million^[1]
2008–09	0.822 million^[1]
2009–10	0.799 million^[1]
2010–11	0.782 million^[1]

7 July 1858	Opened (terminus)
3 December 1860	Through

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London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°23′58″N 0°02′39″E / 51.3995°N 0.0441°E / 51.3995; 0.0441

Bickley railway station is the main station serving the affluent area of Bickley which is in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It lies between Bromley South and Swanley stations. The station is managed by Southeastern, and served by Southeastern and First Capital Connect, and is in Travelcard Zone 5.

View eastwards, towards Swanley in 1961

The station was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR), on the Chatham Main Line, firstly from the West (London bound) from Bromley on 7 July 1858; and then, on 3 December 1860, the line from the east, completing the link between Victoria and Faversham, and later, in 1861, to Dover and Ramsgate. To the east of the station are what are known as the Bickley Loops which connect the "Chatham Main Line" with the South Eastern Main Line (of the ex South Eastern Railway, constructed in 1902 by the newly unified South Eastern and Chatham Railway.

The station lies on the four-track main line, Fast and Slow lines paired; crossovers allow trains to use the Bickley Loops. There are two island platforms, with stairs leading up to the station buildings at the country end of the station, located on Southborough Road.

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

4tph to London Victoria via Herne Hill
2tph to Kentish Town via Catford
4tph to Orpington
2tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bromley South		Southeastern Victoria - Orpington		Petts Wood
Bromley South		Southeastern / First Capital Connect Thameslink Sevenoaks - Bedford (via Swanley) Line		St Mary Cray

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bickley railway station.

Train times and station information for Bickley railway station from National Rail

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground Tramlink Under construction: Crossrail London River Services London Streets London Underground Source London Taxi and Private Hire Office

Bus operators	Abellio Arriva East Herts & Essex Arriva London Arriva Southern Counties CT Plus Go-Ahead London London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Transdev London Sovereign 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

Train operators	Abellio Greater Anglia c2c Chiltern Railways East Coast East Midlands Trains Eurostar First Capital Connect First Great Western First Hull Trains First ScotRail Gatwick Express Grand Central Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express London Midland London Overground South West Trains Southeastern Southern Stansted Express Virgin Trains

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Manchester Airports Group Port of London Authority

Airports

Main	City Gatwick Heathrow Luton Stansted Proposed: Thames Estuary

Other	Lydd Airport Oxford Southend Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall Military: Northolt Brize Norton

Major stations

Central area	Bank/Monument Baker Street Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster

Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

Roads

Motorways	M1 M3 M4 M11 M20 M23 M25 London Orbital M40 Former: M41 A40(M) A102(M)

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

Charging	Congestion charge Dartford Crossing Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

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Commons
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First Capital Connect, Southern and Southeastern routes

First Capital Connect routes serving this station

FCC-Southeastern
Thameslink Sevenoaks Line

Southern routes serving this station

None

Southeastern routes serving this station

Metro Bromley South Lines	London Victoria Wandsworth Road Clapham High Street Brixton Herne Hill West Dulwich Sydenham Hill Penge East Kent House Beckenham Junction London Blackfriars Elephant & Castle Denmark Hill Peckham Rye Nunhead Crofton Park Catford Bellingham Beckenham Hill Ravensbourne Shortlands Bromley South Bickley Petts Wood Orpington St Mary Cray Swanley Eynsford Shoreham Otford Bat & Ball Sevenoaks

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

First Group - Govia - National Rail - First Capital Connect - Southeastern - Southern - Gatwick Express - South West Trains

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