Orpington railway station

Orpington

Orpington Location of Orpington in Greater London
Location	Orpington
Local authority	London Borough of Bromley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	ORP
Number of platforms	8
Accessible	[1]
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004-05	3.655 million[2]
2005-06	3.716 million[2]
2006-07	5.080 million[2]
2007-08	5.314 million[2]
2008-09	4.971 million[2]
2 March 1868	Opened
1904	Rebuilt
1925	Electrification
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses
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Coordinates: 51°22′27″N 0°05′19″E / 51.3741°N 0.0885°E / 51.3741; 0.0885

Orpington railway station serves the town of Orpington in the London Borough of Bromley, and is in Travelcard Zone 6. Located in Crofton Road, the station is a 500m (third of a mile) west of the southern end of Orpington High Street.

The station has eight platforms. Platform 1 is a bay platform which is rarely used. Platform 2 is used for fast services to Charing Cross or Cannon Street . Platforms 3 and 4 are an island, 3 used by trains towards Ashford International or Tunbridge Wells and 4 by stopping services from Sevenoaks to Charing Cross or Cannon Street. Platform 5 hosts the Sevenoaks slows with platforms 6-8 being bay platforms used by services starting at Orpington towards Charing Cross, London Victoria, Cannon Street and Luton/Bedford country end, the four tracks become two. At the London end there is a stabling and servicing area for trains.

There are two entrances, both with ticket offices, the main one on the platform 1/2 side (Crofton Road), the other on the platforms 5-8 side (Station Approach and the bus interchange). Access to platforms is via an underground subway (unsuitable for wheelchair users) or via a new bridge opened in 2008 which incorporates lift access to all platforms.

History

The station was opened on 2 March 1868, when the South Eastern Railway opened its cut-off line between Chislehurst and Haysden Junction. Previously, trains between London and Tunbridge Wells had taken a circuitous route via Redhill. The line was widened and the station rebuilt in 1904, expanding to six platforms. Third rail electrification reached Orpington in 1925, and extended to Sevenoaks ten years later. Crofton Roman Villa was partly destroyed by a railway cutting in the late 1900s but was(re)discovered in 1926 when work was carried out to the area to the west of the station entrance as an entrance to a new Council building. Platforms 7 and 8 were built in the early 1990s on the site of former carriage sidings. In 2008, the station became fully accessible following the opening of a new footbridge providing lift access to all platforms.

Services

All train services from the station are operated by Southeastern and link to London at Victoria, London Bridge and Charing Cross. Access to international services for Europe is provided by interconnecting service at Ashford International.^[3] The domestic services are operated by Class 375 & 376 Electrostar and Class 465 & 466 Networker EMUs. The typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 6tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross, of which four run fast to London Bridge and two call at all stations to Hither Green^[4] before running fast to London Bridge
• 2tph to London Cannon Street, calling at all stations
• 4tph to London Victoria, calling at all stations via Bromley South and Herne Hill
• 2tph to Tunbridge Wells, calling at Sevenoaks then all stations to Tunbridge Wells
• 2tph to Hastings, via Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells
• 2tph to Sevenoaks, calling at all stations

This is supplemented by services to Luton via London Blackfriars in the morning peak, operated by First Capital Connect dual voltage Class 319s.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Petts Wood		Southeastern Victoria - Orpington		Terminus
Petts Wood		Southeastern South Eastern Main Line		Chelsfield
		Southeastern London to Tunbridge Wells Stopping services via Sevenoaks
London Bridge		Southeastern Hastings Line (Limited stop only)		Sevenoaks

References

1. ^ "Planning an accessible journey with Southeastern". Southeastern. May 2009. http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/app/webroot/files/cache/Station%20Access%20Guide.pdf. Retrieved 2 January 2010. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011.  Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. ^ "Train station Ashford". Southeastern. http://ashford-international.co.uk/Station. Retrieved 2009-01-13. 
4. ^ "Train times - 14 December 2008 to 16 May 2009 - London to Grove Park, Bromley North, Orpington and Sevenoaks" (PDF). Southeastern. http://southeastern.go-cms.co.uk/content/doc/pdf/timetables/timetable_107.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-13. 

External links

• Train times and station information for Orpington railway station from National Rail