Honor Oak Park railway station

This article is about the current station. For the disused station in Honor Oak, see Honor Oak railway station.

Honor Oak Park
Honor Oak Park Location of Honor Oak Park in Greater London
Location	Honor Oak
Local authority	London Borough of Lewisham
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	HPA
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2 (facing 4 tracks)
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	3.041 million
2020–21	0.752 million
2021–22	1.821 million
2022–23	2.309 million
2023–24	2.571 million
Key dates
1 April 1886	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.4501°N 0.0456°W / 51.4501; -0.0456
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Honor Oak Park railway station serves the suburban area of Honor Oak in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is 4 miles 59 chains (4.74 miles, 7.62 km) down the line from London Bridge, between Brockley and Forest Hill.

The station is operated by London Overground, with London Overground and Southern trains serving the station. Thameslink and some Southern services pass through the station. It is located in Travelcard Zone 3.

History

The line on which it stands was opened in 1839, but this station was only opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 April 1886. The housebuilders who were developing the area contributed £1,000 towards the cost of construction. There are four tracks through the station, with platforms on the outer Slow lines. These platforms are connected to the booking office (see illustration) by a footbridge. It was named to distinguish it from the Honor Oak station which existed at the time.

Down suburban electric train in 1958

London Overground took over operating the station in September 2009, which has benefited from the London Overground East London Line extension, completed in May 2010. The East London line scheme has led to Honor Oak Park being well connected to other stations in South and East London with direct trains to Whitechapel (19 minutes), Shoreditch (23 minutes), Canada Water (10 minutes), London Victoria and London Bridge (11 minutes). Commuter areas such as Canary Wharf, Liverpool Street, Kings Cross and Waterloo are just one change of train away. From 2021 you will be able to directly interchange with Crossrail service at Whitechapel.

Despite past hopes that the Thameslink Project could provide direct trains along the Thameslink core via St Pancras International to destinations north of London, since the completion of the project in 2020, Thameslink trains have continued to run fast through the station, though with an improved interchange at London Bridge.

Services

East London Line
London Overground
Highbury & Islington Canonbury Dalston Junction Haggerston Kingsland Viaduct Hoxton Shoreditch High Street Whitechapel Shadwell ( Shadwell) Wapping Thames Tunnel under River Thames Rotherhithe Canada Water Surrey Quays Queens Road Peckham New Cross Peckham Rye New Cross Gate Denmark Hill Brockley Clapham High Street ( Clapham North) Honor Oak Park Wandsworth Road Forest Hill Clapham Junction Sydenham Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon

Services at Honor Oak Park are operated by Southern and London Overground using Class 377 and 378 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 2 tph to London Bridge
• 8 tph to Highbury & Islington via Surrey Quays
• 2 tph to London Victoria via Streatham Hill
• 4 tph to Crystal Palace
• 4 tph to West Croydon

The station is also served by a single early morning and late evening service to East Croydon via Norwood Junction, with the early morning service continuing to Tattenham Corner and Caterham.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Brockley		Southern Brighton - London Victoria or London Bridge Stopping Services		Forest Hill
Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Brockley towards Highbury & Islington		Windrush line East London line		Forest Hill towards Crystal Palace or West Croydon

Connections

London Buses routes P4 and P12 serve the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Honor Oak Park railway station from National Rail