Crofton Park railway station

Crofton Park

Crofton Park Location of Crofton Park in Greater London
Location	Crofton Park
Local authority	London Borough of Lewisham
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	CFT
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes ^[1]
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.353 million^[2]
2005–06	0.340 million^[2]
2006–07	0.510 million^[2]
2007–08	0.655 million^[2]
2008–09	0.609 million^[2]
2009–10	0.552 million^[2]
2010–11	0.572 million^[2]
2011–12	0.571 million^[2]
2012–13	0.594 million^[2]
2013–14	0.690 million^[2]
2014–15	0.780 million^[2]
Key dates
1 July 1892	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°27′18″N 0°02′12″W / 51.455°N 0.0367°W / 51.455; -0.0367

Crofton Park is a station on the 'Catford Loop' West Hampstead Thameslink to Sevenoaks route, between Nunhead and Catford. It is in Travelcard Zone 3.

Crofton Park is an enclave of, and historic centre of Brockley, in the London Borough of Lewisham 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south east of London Blackfriars.

Connections to other rail services are available by changing from Crofton Park/London services, e.g. at Peckham Rye. where Southern and London Overground services are available.

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

Two trains per hour to West Hampstead Thameslink via Peckham Rye, London Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon and St Pancras International. Operated by Thameslink.

Two trains per hour to Sevenoaks via Bromley South and Swanley.

Crofton Park railway station in 1983

The station has an automated ticket machine on the overbridge; the station ticket office is open Mon - Fri 0640-1320. In 2007 the ticket office was closed at weekends; however recently (mid-2008) the ticket office has been open on Saturdays. The Southeastern website in March 2014 advertised ticket office hours as Mon - Fri: 06:40 - 13:20/ Sat - Sun: closed.

New level access facilities were constructed to avoid the stairs to the platform (as of 2008). There is now step-free access to platform 1 (northbound) from Marnock Road, and step-free access to platform 2 (southbound) from Lindal Road. There is also step-free access to the ticket office on Brockley Road - although it is a few minutes walk from the step free access points.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Nunhead		Thameslink Catford Loop Line Bedford/Luton/St Albans/Blackfriars - Sevenoaks		Catford

User groups

The Crofton Park Transport Users' Group ("CPTUG") represents rail and bus users in Crofton Park.

Connections

London Buses routes 122, 171 and 172 and night route N171 serve the station.

References

↑ "Planning an accessible journey with Southeastern" (PDF). Southeastern. May 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crofton Park railway station.

Train times for Crofton Park from National Rail
Street map of Crofton Park

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses East London Transit Night Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Crossrail (under construction) London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube 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 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	Abellio Greater Anglia Stansted Express c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland London Overground Rail Operations 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

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall London Heliport Military: Northolt

Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted Proposed: Thames Estuary

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 Finsbury Park Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

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

Category
Commons
WikiProject

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Thameslink Sevenoaks Line	Bedford Luton St Albans City West Hampstead Thameslink Kentish Town St Pancras International Farringdon City Thameslink London Blackfriars Elephant & Castle Denmark Hill Peckham Rye Nunhead Crofton Park Catford Bellingham Beckenham Hill Ravensbourne Herne Hill West Dulwich Sydenham Hill Penge East Kent House Beckenham Junction Shortlands Bromley South Bickley Petts Wood Orpington St Mary Cray Swanley Eynsford Shoreham Otford Bat & Ball Sevenoaks

Southeastern routes serving this station

Metro Bromley South Line	London Victoria Wandsworth Road Clapham High Street Brixton Herne Hill West Dulwich Sydenham Hill Penge East Kent House Beckenham Junction 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.

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