New Eltham railway station

New Eltham railway station is in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. It is 10 miles 32 chains (16.7 km) down the line from London Charing Cross.

New Eltham
New Eltham Location of New Eltham in Greater London
Location	New Eltham
Local authority	Royal Borough of Greenwich
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	NEH
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15	2.554 million[1]
2015–16	2.289 million[1]
2016–17	2.232 million[1]
2017–18	2.261 million[1]
2018–19	2.534 million[1]
Key dates
1 April 1878	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.4375°N 0.0722°E / 51.4375; 0.0722
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It is operated by Southeastern and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It has two platforms: Platform 1 the "up" platform for services to London and Platform 2 the "down" platform, for services towards Kent.

History

New Eltham station was opened as Pope Street Station in April 1878, twelve years after the opening of the Dartford Loop Line. The station was renamed New Eltham in 1886 although Pope Street was retained as a suffix until 1927. It had a goods yard on the up side which closed in 1963 and eventually became a car park, and a signal box just beyond the western end of the down platform. In 1955 the platforms were extended to take ten carriage trains. In the same year the signal box was taken out of use and demolished. The up side booking office was rebuilt in 1988.[2][3]

Location

The station is located in New Eltham in a shallow cutting near the crossroads of Footscray Road and Avery Hill Road.

Connections

London Buses route 160, 162, 233, 314, 321 and B13 serve the station.

Facilities

The station has been added to the Department for Transport "Access for All" scheme. The footbridge linking the two platforms was removed in the summer of 2013 and replaced with a new accessible footbridge with lifts which became operational in December 2014. Both platforms are accessible without using steps.

Services

The typical off peak service is:

• 4tph to London Charing Cross of which 2tph are all stations to Hither Green then fast and 2tph are non-stop to London Bridge.
• 2tph to London Cannon Street via Lewisham.
• 2tph to Dartford.
• 2tph to Gravesend (skipping Albany Park).
• 2tph to Slade Green, then returning to London Cannon Street via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Mottingham or London Bridge		Southeastern Dartford Loop Line		Sidcup

References

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Glasspool, David. "New Eltham". Kent Rail.
3. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1991). Lewisham to Dartford. London Suburban Railways series. Middleton Press.

External links

• Train times and station information for New Eltham railway station from National Rail