Elephant & Castle railway station

This article is about the National Rail station. For the London Underground station, see Elephant & Castle tube station.

Elephant & Castle

Elephant & Castle Location of Elephant & Castle in Central London
Location	Newington
Local authority	London Borough of Southwark
Managed by	GTR Thameslink
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	EPH
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	1 and 2
OSI	Elephant & Castle ^[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	2.006 million^[2]
2005–06	2.057 million^[2]
2006–07	2.554 million^[2]
2007–08	3.970 million^[2]
2008–09	3.320 million^[2]
2009–10	3.111 million^[2]
2010–11	2.648 million^[2]
2011–12	2.567 million^[2]
2012–13	2.706 million^[2]
2013–14	2.953 million^[2]
Railway companies
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Key dates
6 October 1862	Temporary station opened
February 1863	Replaced with permanent structure
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°29′40″N 0°05′59″W / 51.4944°N 0.0998°W / 51.4944; -0.0998

Elephant & Castle railway station is a National Rail station that serves Newington and Walworth, south London. Along with the London Underground station of the same name, it is located in the London Borough of Southwark and is in both Travelcard Zone 1 and 2. The station is managed by GTR Thameslink, with services operated by both Thameslink and Southeastern. . There is out-of-station interchange with the nearby Elephant and Castle tube station.

Layout

Platforms 1&2

The London, Chatham and Dover Railway built the station on a brick viaduct in 1863. It has two entrances, one on Elephant Road and one connected to the upper level of the Elephant and Castle shopping centre. There is a departures indicator in the shopping centre as well as separate platform indicators in the ticket hall. There are four platforms, two being on the island between the lines. The station is not directly connected to the London Underground station. To change from the Underground it is necessary to leave the Underground station (the Northern Line exit is nearer), pass through the ticket barrier and then walk either through or round the shopping centre. Four staircases provide the only access to the platforms, as there are no lifts or escalators.

Services

Services from the National Rail station are operated by Thameslink and Southeastern.

Mainline railways around the South Bank

Legend

Charing Cross

Hungerford Bridge

over River Thames

South Western Main Line

to Weymouth

Waterloo

Waterloo East

Blackfriars Road (1864-1868)

Thameslink

to Sutton, Sevenoaks and Brighton

Elephant & Castle

Blackfriars

/ City Thameslink

Blackfriars Bridge (1864-1885)

Cannon Street

London Bridge

River Thames

Brighton and South Eastern Main Lines

toward SE London, Kent, Sussex and Surrey

The weekday off-peak service from this station is:

2 tph (trains per hour) to West Hampstead Thameslink via London Blackfriars (Thameslink)
2 tph to St Albans via London Blackfriars (On Sundays, this service terminates at London Blackfriars) (Thameslink)
2 tph to Luton via London Blackfriars (Thameslink)
2 tph to Sevenoaks via Catford (Thameslink)
2 tph to Sutton via Mitcham Junction (Thameslink)
2 tph to Sutton via Wimbledon (Thameslink)

At peak hours there are one or two extra Southeastern trains from or to other, more distant destinations, such as Ashford (Kent), Rochester, Orpington and Dover Priory.

Preceding station		Following station
Blackfriars	Thameslink Thameslink	Loughborough Junction
	Thameslink Sevenoaks Line	Denmark Hill
	Southeastern Blackfriars-Orpington/Dover Priory/Rochester/Ashford International Limited Service	Denmark Hill or Herne Hill

Oyster Card Pay-as-you-go can be used at this station with all services up to Elstree & Borehamwood railway station

Connections

London Buses routes 1, 45, 53, 68, 88, 133, 155, 168, 172;188, 176, 343, 415, 453 and 168, and night routes N1, N35, N63, N68, N89, N133, N155, N171 and N343 serve the station.

There is an out of station interchange facility with Elephant & Castle (London Underground) station.^[3]

References

↑ "Out of Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. May 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ "Out of Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. May 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12.

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External links

Train times and station information for Elephant & Castle railway station from National Rail

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 Bedford to Brighton	Bedford (Wixams planned) Flitwick Harlington Leagrave Luton Luton Airport Parkway Harpenden St Albans City West Hampstead Thameslink St Pancras International Farringdon City Thameslink London Blackfriars Elephant & Castle Loughborough Junction Herne Hill Tulse Hill London Bridge East Croydon Redhill Gatwick Airport Three Bridges Balcombe Haywards Heath Wivelsfield Burgess Hill Hassocks Preston Park Brighton

Thameslink Wimbledon Loop	Luton Luton Airport Parkway Harpenden St Albans City Radlett Elstree & Borehamwood Mill Hill Broadway Hendon (Brent Cross Thameslink planned) Cricklewood West Hampstead Thameslink Kentish Town St Pancras International Farringdon City Thameslink London Blackfriars Elephant & Castle Loughborough Junction Herne Hill Tulse Hill Streatham Tooting Haydons Road Wimbledon Wimbledon Chase South Merton Morden South St Helier Sutton Common West Sutton Sutton Carshalton Hackbridge Mitcham Junction Mitcham Eastfields

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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