New Eltham railway station

LocationNew ElthamLocal authorityRoyal Borough of GreenwichManaged bySoutheasternStation codeNEHDfT categoryC2Number of platforms2Fare zone4National Rail annual entry and exit2018–19 2.534 million^[1]2019–20 2.494 million^[1]2020–21 0.590 million^[1]2021–22 1.370 million^[1]2022–23 1.722 million^[1]Key dates1 April 1878OpenedOther informationExternal links

• Departures
• Layout
• Facilities
• Buses

Coordinates51°26′15″N 0°04′20″E / 51.4375°N 0.0722°E / 51.4375; 0.0722 London transport portal

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.

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][page needed]}

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

All services at New Eltham are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 4 tph to London Charing Cross (2 of these run direct and 2 run via Lewisham)
• 4 tph to Dartford of which 2 continue to Gravesend

Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street via either Lewisham, or via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich, and to London Blackfriars call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Mottingham		Southeastern Dartford Loop Line		Sidcup

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Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)
Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road North Circular Road South Circular Road
Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone Ultra Low Emission Zone

TicketingOtherFormer BR sectors