Bickley railway station

Bickley

Bickley Location of Bickley in Greater London
Location	Bickley
Local authority	London Borough of Bromley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	BKL
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	0.782 million^[1]
– interchange	2,183^[1]
2011–12	0.786 million^[1]
– interchange	1,775^[1]
2012–13	0.815 million^[1]
– interchange	1,941^[1]
2013–14	0.903 million^[1]
– interchange	2,353^[1]
2014–15	0.949 million^[1]
– interchange	1,304^[1]
Key dates
5 July 1858	Opened (terminus)
3 December 1860	Through
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°23′58″N 0°02′39″E / 51.3995°N 0.0441°E / 51.3995; 0.0441Coordinates: 51°23′58″N 0°02′39″E / 51.3995°N 0.0441°E / 51.3995; 0.0441
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Bickley railway station is the main station serving the affluent area of Bickley which is in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It lies between Bromley South and Swanley stations. The station is managed by Southeastern, and served by Southeastern and Thameslink, and is in Travelcard Zone 5.

View eastwards, towards Swanley in 1961

History

The station was opened as Southborough Road by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR), on the Chatham Main Line, firstly from the west (London bound) from Bromley on 5 July 1858;^[2]^[3] and then, on 3 December 1860, the line from the east, completing the link between Victoria and Faversham, and later, in 1861, to Dover and Ramsgate. In 1860 the station was renamed Bickley.To the east of the station are what are known as the Bickley Loops which connect the "Chatham Main Line" with the South Eastern Main Line (of the ex South Eastern Railway, constructed in 1902 by the newly unified South Eastern and Chatham Railway.

Layout

The station lies on the four-track main line, Fast and Slow lines paired; crossovers allow trains to use the Bickley Loops. There are two island platforms, with stairs leading up to the station buildings at the country end of the station, located on Southborough Road.

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

4tph to London Victoria via Herne Hill
2tph to West Hampstead Thameslink via Catford
4tph to Orpington
2tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bromley South		Southeastern Bromley South Line		Petts Wood
Bromley South		Thameslink Sevenoaks Line		St Mary Cray or Petts Wood

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ Chronology Of London Railways by H.V.Borley
↑ Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bickley railway station.

Train times and station information for Bickley railway station from National Rail

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses East London Transit Night Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Crossrail (under construction) London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators	Abellio Arriva London CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno

River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association

Train operators	Arriva Rail London c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Greater Anglia Stansted Express Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland South West Trains Southeastern TfL Rail Virgin Trains (West Coast) Virgin Trains East Coast

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall London Heliport Military: Northolt

Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted

Major stations

Central area	Bank/Monument Baker Street Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster

Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Finsbury Park Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

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 London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

Category
Commons
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Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Thameslink Sevenoaks Line	Bedford Luton St Albans City West Hampstead Thameslink Kentish Town St Pancras International Farringdon City Thameslink London Blackfriars Elephant & Castle Denmark Hill Peckham Rye Nunhead Crofton Park Catford Bellingham Beckenham Hill Ravensbourne Herne Hill West Dulwich Sydenham Hill Penge East Kent House Beckenham Junction Shortlands Bromley South Bickley Petts Wood Orpington St Mary Cray Swanley Eynsford Shoreham Otford Bat & Ball Sevenoaks

Southeastern routes serving this station

Metro Bromley South Line	London Victoria Wandsworth Road Clapham High Street Brixton Herne Hill West Dulwich Sydenham Hill Penge East Kent House Beckenham Junction Shortlands Bromley South Bickley Petts Wood Orpington St Mary Cray Swanley Eynsford Shoreham Otford Bat & Ball Sevenoaks

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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