Beckenham Junction station


Beckenham Junction is the main railway and tram station in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley, south London. The railway stop is on the Chatham Main Line, down the line from and situated between and. The tram stop is the eastern terminus of Tramlink.
For train journeys, Beckenham Junction is in Travelcard Zone 4. Most trains that call are operated by Southeastern, but some Southern services also call.

Facilities

The station has a car park with 88 spaces, and is usually staffed during operating hours.

Services

National Rail

services at Beckenham Junction are operated by Southeastern and Southern. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
During the peak hours, there are also services to London Blackfriars. A total of 5 trains run to Blackfriars in the morning peak calling at all stations and 3 run in the evening peak calling only at Herne Hill. There are also 5 evening peak services in the evening from Blackfriars calling at all stations and 3 morning peak services calling only at Herne Hill
On Sundays, the Southern service to London Bridge does not run and Southeastern services are reduced to 2 tph.

London Trams

also operate services at Beckenham Junction. Trams run approximately every 10 minutes Monday-Saturday and every 15 minutes on Sundays to Wimbledon via Croydon Town Centre.
London Buses route 162 serves the station.

History

National Rail

The station was opened by the Mid-Kent Railway on 1 January 1857 as the terminus of the line from Lewisham; it became a junction on 3 May 1858 when the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway Farnborough Extension line from Crystal Palace to Shortlands was opened. On 1 July 1863 the London Chatham & Dover Railway Metropolitan Extension from Beckenham to Victoria/Blackfriars completed the lines serving the station. In 1863 the MKR was taken over by the South Eastern Railway and thereafter the station was operated jointly by the LCDR and SER. Despite a partial rebuilding in 1890 the original MKR building is still in use as the main station offices and booking hall.
From December 2007, a significant upgrade to train services at Beckenham Junction took place, with an increase in frequency of the London Victoria to Orpington services to every 15 mins. Until Section 2 of High Speed 1 opened in 2007 Eurostar services passed the station, but did not stop. In December 2010 Southern increased the number of evening services on Monday-Saturdays so that trains would run to London Bridge Station later into the evening.

Tramlink

The two platform Tramlink stop opened in 2000, with the rest of the route to the Croydon loop. The stop is outside the station, across the car park, beside the A2015 road, which avoids Beckenham town centre. This stop, New Addington and Wimbledon are the only Tramlink termini with two platforms, as Elmers End has one platform face opposite a Network Rail line.

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