Beckenham Junction station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London 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, Template:Convert down the line from Template:Stn and situated between Template:Rws and Template:Rws. The tram stop is one of the eastern termini of Tramlink.

For train journeys, Beckenham Junction is in London fare 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The station also has a small convenience store, coffee kiosk and toilets, which are only available during staffing hours.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Platforms

Template:Unreferenced section Beckenham Junction has a total of 4 platforms (+ 2 for tramlink)

Platform 1

• Platform 1 is a terminating bay platform and is used for Southern services from Template:Rws via Template:Rws and Template:Rws.

Platforms 2 & 3

• Platform 2 is used for Southeastern services to Template:Rws via Template:Rws & Template:Rws. Platform 3 is for Southeastern services to Template:Rws via Template:Rws. Fast trains to and from London Victoria (Chatham side) also pass these platforms.

Platform 4

• This platform is another terminating bay linked with the spur to the Mid-Kent Line, and is occasionally used during engineering or other disruption.

Tramlink Platforms

• There are 2 Croydon Tramlink platforms outside the station. They are both used for trams to and from Wimbledon via East Croydon, which terminate here.

Services

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Class 465 Networker at Beckenham Junction in 2006

National Rail

National Rail services at Beckenham Junction are operated by Southeastern and Southern using Template:Brc, Template:Brc and Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref name=Dectt>Template:NRtimes</ref>

• 4 tph to Template:Stn via Template:Stnlnk
• 2 tph to Template:Stn via Template:Stnlnk
• 4 tph to Template:Stnlnk via Template:Stnlnk

Additional services, including trains to and from London Blackfriars call at the station during the peak hours.

On weekends, the services between London Victoria and Orpington are reduced to two trains per hour and on Sundays, the services to and from London Bridge do not run.<ref name=Dectt/>

London Trams

Tram services at Beckenham Junction are operated by Tramlink. The tram stop is served by trams every 12 minutes to Template:Stn via Croydon. This is reduced to a tram every 10 minutes on Saturday evenings and Sundays.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Services are operated using Bombardier CR4000 and Stadler Variobahn Trams.Template:Citation needed

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Connections

London Buses routes 54, 162 and 354 serve the station.

History

National Rail

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Beckenham Junction Station in 1961

The station was opened by the Mid-Kent Railway (MKR) on 1 January 1857<ref>Morning Post 5 January 1857</ref> as the terminus of the line from Lewisham; it became a junction on 3 May 1858<ref>South Eastern Gazette 11 May 1857, p. 4</ref> 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 (SER) 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.<ref>"Railways of Beckenham", Andrew Hajducki, 2011Template:Page needed</ref>

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 (off peak) 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.Template:Citation needed

Tramlink

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Tram 2549 at the Beckenham Junction terminus of 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.<ref>Buses and Trams from Beckenham</ref>

Accidents and incidents

• On 22 January 1990, 4EPB electric multiple unit 5408 collided with the buffer stop on arrival from Template:Rws and was derailed.<ref name=NSES90>

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External links

• Beckenham Junction tram Stop – Timetables and live departures at Transport for London
• Photo Gallery of Tramlink