Shortlands railway station

Shortlands

Shortlands Location of Shortlands in Greater London
Location	Shortlands
Local authority	London Borough of Bromley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	SRT
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2009–10	1.356 million^[1]
2010–11	1.426 million^[1]
2011–12	1.451 million^[1]
2012–13	1.471 million^[1]
2013–14	1.576 million^[1]
Key dates
3 May 1858	Opened as Bromley
1 July 1858	renamed Shortlands
1892 - 1894	Quadrupled
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°24′23″N 0°00′05″E / 51.4064°N 0.0013°E / 51.4064; 0.0013Coordinates: 51°24′23″N 0°00′05″E / 51.4064°N 0.0013°E / 51.4064; 0.0013
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Shortlands railway station is in Shortlands, in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It serves the southwest part of Bromley, and is 10 miles (16 km) from London Victoria.

The station is located on the A222 road. It was originally opened by the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway on 3 May 1858, when it was named Bromley. Shortlands Junction, just west of the station, is where the Catford Loop Line joins the Chatham Main Line: the two lines are now split into slow and fast pairs through the station, which consists of two island platforms on an embankment. The station was enlarged and rebuilt to its present form in 1892-94.^[2]

Shortlands Junction was remodelled in the 1950s to allow line speeds to be increased, and was remodelled again with the construction of Ravensbourne chord (a dive-under pair of lines) in 2002 to increase the capacity of the junction, as part of the work to enhance the existing network in conjunction with the opening of the first section of High Speed 1, the high-speed link to the Channel Tunnel.^[3]^[4]^[5] Construction of the chord line might not have been justified with the current level of traffic (now that Eurostar trains no longer use the route through Shortlands to and from Waterloo).

The station is in Travelcard Zone 4, and the station is managed by Southeastern and trains are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink.

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

4tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria via Herne Hill
2tph on Monday to Saturday to West Hampstead Thameslink calling at all stations via Catford
4tph to Orpington, calling at all stations
2tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley

The typical Sunday service:

2tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria via Herne Hill
2tph to London Blackfriars calling at all stations via Catford
2tph to Orpington,
2tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ravensbourne		Thameslink Sevenoaks Line		Bromley South
Beckenham Junction		Southeastern Bromley South Line		Bromley South

Connections

London Buses routes 227, 358 and 367 serve the station.

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ "The Railways of Beckenham", Andrew Hajducki, 2011
↑ "APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED RAILTRACK (SHORTLANDS JUNCTION) ORDER AND DEEMED PLANNING PERMISSION" (PDF). DTLR (now DfT). 22 June 2001. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
↑ "Shortlands Junction". Retrieved 16 June 2011.
↑ "Shortlands". Local Authorities' Rail Impact Forum. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shortlands railway station.

Train times and station information for Shortlands 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

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Major stations

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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

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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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