Petts Wood railway station
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| Location | Petts Wood |
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| Local authority | Bromley |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | PET |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Fare zone | 5 |
| NR 2004/5 usage | 1.593 million[1] |
| NR 2005/6 usage | 1.619 million[1] |
| NR 2006/7 usage | 1.952 million[1] |
| NR 2007/8 usage | 2.170 million[1] |
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| 9 July 1928 | Opened |
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| List of stations | Underground · National Rail |
| External links | Departures • Facilities |
Petts Wood railway station serves Petts Wood in the London Borough of Bromley, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. The station was built on the main line to the north of Orpington and opened on 9 July 1928, and the community now surrounding it developed from that date: now the railway divides Petts Wood East and Petts Wood West.
It has four platform faces on islands located between the slow and fast pairs of tracks. To the north of station is Petts Wood Junction where the Up and Down Loop lines link the lines from Charing Cross and Victoria.
[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service is:
- 4tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria via Bromley South and Herne Hill, calling at all stations
- 2tph to London Charing Cross, calling at all stations to Hither Green and then fast to London Bridge
- 1tph to London Charing Cross, running fast to London Bridge
- 5tph to Orpington
- 1tph to Sevenoaks via Orpington
- 1tph to Ashford International
Peak time services also call additionally to London Blackfriars and London Cannon Street, resulting in a peak time service of up to 12 trains an hour in the London direction [2].
From December 2007, the London Victoria via Bromley South and Herne Hill, calling at all stations to Orpington becomes every 15 minutes between 9am and 5pm
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Bickley | Southeastern via Beckenham Junction |
Orpington | ||
| Chislehurst | Southeastern London to Orpington (via Grove Park) |
Orpington | ||
| Chislehurst | Southeastern South Eastern Main Line via Paddock Wood |
Orpington | ||
| London Bridge | Southeastern London to Tunbridge Wells Stopping services viaSevenoaks |
Orpington | ||
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Petts Wood railway station from Office of Rail Regulation statistics
- ^ Southeastern Railway timetable - 8 December 2007
- Mitchell, V & Smith, K (1991). Southern Main Lines: Charing Cross to Orpington. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-96-7.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Petts Wood railway station |
- Train times and station information for Petts Wood railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 51°23′20″N 0°04′27″E / 51.3889°N 0.0742°E
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