Orpington railway station
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Orpington railway station serves the town of Orpington in the London Borough of Bromley, and is in Travelcard Zone 6. Located in Station Road, the station is a third of a mile from 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. Platforms 3 and 4 are an island, 3 used by trains towards Ashford International, Hastings and the Kent Coast and 4 by stopping services from Sevenoaks to Charing Cross. Platform 5 hosts the Sevenoaks slows with platforms 6-8 being bay platforms used by services starting at Orpington towards Charing Cross, London Victoria and during peak hours, Cannon Street and Blackfriars. There are two entrances, both with ticket offices, the main one on the platform 1/2 side (Station Road), the other on the platforms 5-8 side (Station Approach and the bus interchange). All are connected by an underground subway. Beyond the station, at the country end, the four tracks become two. At the London end there is a large stabling and servicing area for trains.
The station was opened on 2 March 1868, when the South Eastern Railway opened its cut-off line between Chislehurst and Tonbridge. Previously, trains between London and Tonbridge 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.
Trains from the station link to London at Victoria, London Bridge and Charing Cross. The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 5tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross, of which two run fast to London Bridge, one calls at Petts Wood then fast to London Bridge and two call at all stations to Hither Green before running fast to London Bridge
- 2tph to London Victoria, calling at all stations via Bromley South and Herne Hill
- 2tph to Ashford International via Tonbridge
- 1tph to Hastings via Tunbridge Wells
- 1tph to Sevenoaks, calling at all stations
External links
- [Train times] and [station information] for from National Rail
- [Street map] and [aerial photo] of from Multimap.com
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