Petts Wood railway station
Petts Wood | |
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Petts Wood Location of Petts Wood in Greater London | |
Location | Petts Wood |
Local authority | London Borough of Bromley |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Station code | PET |
DfT category | C2 |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 5 |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2016–17 | 2.273 million[1] |
2017–18 | 2.271 million[1] |
2018–19 | 2.339 million[1] |
2019–20 | 2.216 million[1] |
2020–21 | 0.399 million[1] |
Key dates | |
9 July 1928 | Opened |
Other information | |
External links | |
WGS84 | 51°23′20″N 0°04′27″E / 51.3889°N 0.0742°ECoordinates: 51°23′20″N 0°04′27″E / 51.3889°N 0.0742°E |
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Petts Wood railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line, serving Petts Wood in the London Borough of Bromley, south-eastern Greater London. It is 12 miles 53 chains (20.4 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Chislehurst and Orpington stations. It is in Travelcard zone 5.
It has four platform faces on islands located between the slow and fast pairs of tracks. To the north of the station is Petts Wood Junction, where the up (London-bound) and down (country-bound) loop lines link the lines from Charing Cross and Victoria. The station is managed by Southeastern.
History[]
The station was built on the main line to the north of Orpington and opened on 9 July 1928, initially as a single island platform, with the first tickets printed showing the name as Pett's Wood. The community now surrounding it developed from that date: now the railway divides Petts Wood East and Petts Wood West.
Connections[]
London Buses routes 208, 273, R3, R7 and night route N199 serve the station.[2]
Services[]
Services at Petts Wood are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink using a mixture of Class 376, 465, 466 and 700 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3][4][5]
- 2 tph to London Charing Cross (fast from Hither Green to London Bridge)
- 2 tph to London Cannon Street via Lewisham (all stations)
- 2 tph to London Victoria via Herne Hill
- 2 tph to Kentish Town via Catford (during the peak hours, these trains continue to Luton)
- 6 tph to Orpington
- 2 tph to Sevenoaks
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References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ "Buses from Petts Wood" (PDF). TfL. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Timetable 7: London to Bromley South and Orpington" (PDF). Southeastern, September 2020.
- ^ "Timetable 6: London to Orpington and Sevenoaks via Grove Park" (PDF). Southeastern, September 2020.
- ^ "Timetable 05: Luton to Orpington and Sevenoaks" (PDF). Thameslink, December 2019.
- Mitchell, V & Smith, K (1991). Southern Main Lines: Charing Cross to Orpington. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-96-7.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petts Wood railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Petts Wood railway station from National Rail
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 5
- DfT Category C2 stations
- Railway stations in the London Borough of Bromley
- Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1928
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- Thameslink railway stations