Bickley railway station
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 Bickley
Location of Bickley in Greater London |
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| Location | Bickley |
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| Local authority | Bromley |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | BKL |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 5 |
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| 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] |
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| 7 July 1858 | Opened (terminus) |
| 3 December 1860 | Through |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| External links | Departures • Layout |
| Facilities • Buses | |
| Coordinates: 51°23′58″N 0°02′39″E / 51.3995°N 0.0441°E | |
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 and all trains are operated by Southeastern, and is in Travelcard Zone 5.
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.
[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service is:
- 4tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria via Herne Hill
- 2tph on Monday to Saturday to Kentish Town via Catford and Peckham Rye
- 2tph on Sundays to London Victoria via Catford and Peckham Rye
- 4tph to Orpington, via Petts Wood
- 2tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley.
From Monday 23 March 2009, most of the stopping train service to/from Blackfriars is re-extended (resuming a service pattern from the 1980s) across Central London via the 'Thameslink' route, serving City Thameslink, Farringdon, St Pancras International and Kentish Town, with some peak services extended to St Albans, Luton or Bedford.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| Bromley South | Southeastern Victoria - Orpington |
Petts Wood | ||
| Southeastern Sevenoaks - Bedford(via Swanley) Line |
St Mary Cray | |||
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bickley railway station |
- Train times and station information for Bickley railway station from National Rail
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