Petts Wood railway station
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Location | Petts Wood |
Local authority | London Borough of Bromley |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Station code(s) | PET |
DfT category | C2 |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 5 |
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9 July 1928 | Opened |
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Coordinates | 51°23′20″N 0°04′27″E / 51.3889°N 0.0742°E |
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Petts Wood railway station is on the South Eastern main line, serving Petts Wood in the London Borough of Bromley, south-east London. It is 12 miles 53 chains (20.4 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Chislehurst and Orpington stations. It is in Travelcard zone 5.
It has four platform faces on islands located between the slow and fast pairs of tracks. To the north of the station is Petts Wood Junction, where the up (London-bound) and down (country-bound) loop lines link the lines from Charing Cross and Victoria. The station is operated by Southeastern.
History
The station was built on the main line to the north of Orpington and opened on 9 July 1928, initially as a single island platform, with the first tickets printed showing the name as Pett's Wood. The community now surrounding it developed from that date: now the railway divides Petts Wood East and Petts Wood West.
Connections
London Buses routes 208, 273, R3, R7 and night route N199 serve the station.[2]
Services
The Monday to Saturday off-peak service in trains per hour is:
- 2tph (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
- 2tph to London Cannon Street, calling at all stations via Lewisham.
- 2tph to Kentish Town via Elephant & Castle and St Pancras; Mondays-Fridays AM continue to Luton railway station
- 6tph to Orpington
- 2tph to Sevenoaks via Orpington
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Chislehurst | Southeastern Grove Park Line |
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Bickley | Southeastern South Bromley Line |
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Thameslink Sevenoaks Line (Stopping Services) |
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References
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ "Buses from Petts Wood" (PDF). TfL. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- Mitchell, V & Smith, K (1991). Southern Main Lines: Charing Cross to Orpington. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-96-7.
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External links
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- Train times and station information for Petts Wood railway station from National Rail