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 down the line from.
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. 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.
Shortlands Junction was remodelled in the 1950s to allow line speeds to be increased, and was remodelled again with the construction of Ravensbourne chord 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. Construction of the chord line might not have been justified with the current level of traffic.
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
Thameslink
routes 227, 358 and 367 serve the station.