Shortlands railway station

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 3 chains (16.2 km) down the line from London Victoria.

Shortlands
Shortlands Location of Shortlands in Greater London
Location	Shortlands
Local authority	London Borough of Bromley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	SRT
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15	1.652 million[1]
2015–16	1.652 million[1]
2016–17	1.633 million[1]
– interchange	4,601[1]
2017–18	1.599 million[1]
– interchange	12,989[1]
2018–19	1.573 million[1]
– interchange	23,033[1]
Key dates
3 May 1858	Opened as Bromley
1 July 1858	renamed Shortlands
1892 - 1894	Quadrupled
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.4064°N 0.0013°E / 51.4064; 0.0013
London transport portal

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4][5][6] 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 is managed by Southeastern and trains are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink.

Services

Trains at Shortlands are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink. The May 2018 Monday to Saturday off-peak service in trains per hour is:

Southeastern

• 4 tph to London Victoria via Herne Hill
• 4 tph to Bromley South of which 2 continue to Orpington

Thameslink

• 2 tph to London Blackfriars
• 2 tph to Kentish Town (during the peak hours, these trains continue to Luton)
• 2 tph to Orpington
• 2 tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ravensbourne		Thameslink Catford Loop Line		Bromley South
Beckenham Junction		Southeastern Bromley South Line

Connections

London Buses routes 227, 358 and 367 serve the station.

References

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. "History of Shortlands".
3. "The Railways of Beckenham", Andrew Hajducki, 2011
4. "APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED RAILTRACK (SHORTLANDS JUNCTION) ORDER AND DEEMED PLANNING PERMISSION" (PDF). DTLR (now DfT). 22 June 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
5. "Shortlands Junction". Retrieved 16 June 2011.
6. "Shortlands". Local Authorities' Rail Impact Forum. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

External links

• Train times and station information for Shortlands railway station from National Rail