Shortlands railway station
 Main station building at Shortlands |
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 Shortlands
Location of Shortlands in Greater London |
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| Location | Shortlands |
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| Local authority | Bromley |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | SRT |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
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| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 |  0.947 million[1] |
| 2005–06 | 0.984 million[1] |
| 2006–07 | 1.299 million[1] |
| 2007–08 | 1.397 million[1] |
| 2008–09 |  1.364 million[1] |
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| 3 May 1858 | Opened |
| 1892 - 1894 | Quadrupled |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| External links | Departures • Layout |
| Facilities • Buses | |
Coordinates: 51°24′23″N 0°00′05″E / 51.4064°N 0.0013°E
Shortlands railway station is in Shortlands, in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It serves the southwest part of Bromley, and is 10 miles (16 km) from London Victoria.
The station is located on the A222 road. It was originally opened by the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway on 3 May 1858, when it was named Bromley. Shortlands Junction, just west of the station, is where the Catford Loop Line joins the Chatham Main Line: the two lines are now split into Slow and Fast pairs through the station, which consists of two island platforms on an embankment. The station was enlarged and rebuilt to its present form in 1892-94.[2]
Shortlands Junction was remodelled in the 1950s to allow line speeds to be increased, and was remodelled again with the construction of Ravensbourne chord (a dive-under pair of lines) in 2002 to increase the capacity of the junction, as part of the work to enhance the existing network in conjunction with the opening of the first section of High Speed 1, the high-speed Link to the Channel Tunnel.[3][4][5] Construction of the chord line might not have been justified with the current level of traffic (now that Eurostar trains no longer use the route through Shortlands to and from Waterloo).
The station is in Travelcard Zone 4, and the station and all trains are operated by Southeastern.
[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 calling at all stations via Catford
- 2tph on Sunday to London Victoria calling at all stations via Catford
- 4tph to Orpington, calling at all stations
- 2tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Ravensbourne | Southeastern Catford Loop |
Bromley South | ||
| Beckenham Junction | Southeastern Victoria - Orpington |
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[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.
- ^ "The Railways of Beckenham", Andrew Hajducki, 2011[page needed]
- ^ "APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED RAILTRACK (SHORTLANDS JUNCTION) ORDER AND DEEMED PLANNING PERMISSION". DTLR (now DfT). 22 June 2001. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/twa/dl/archive/icationsfortheproposedra5613.pdf. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "Shortlands Junction". http://www.kentrail.org.uk/Shortlands_Junction_Plan_2003.htm. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Shortlands". Local Authorities' Rail Impact Forum. http://www.larif.org.uk/shortlands.htm. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Shortlands railway station |
- Train times and station information for Shortlands railway station from National Rail
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