Crofton Park railway station

Crofton Park is a station on the 'Catford Loop' West Hampstead Thameslink to Sevenoaks route, between Nunhead and Catford. It is in Travelcard Zone 3.

Crofton Park
Northbound view of the station in August 2012
Crofton Park
Location of Crofton Park in Greater London
LocationCrofton Park
Local authorityLondon Borough of Lewisham
Managed byThameslink
Station codeCFT
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17 0.712 million[2]
2017–18 0.794 million[2]
2018–19 0.794 million[2]
2019–20 0.863 million[2]
2020–21 0.196 million[2]
Key dates
1 July 1892Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451.455°N 0.0367°W / 51.455; -0.0367
 London transport portal

Crofton Park is in the historic centre of Brockley, in the London Borough of Lewisham and is 7 miles 11 chains (11.5 km) measured from London Victoria.

Facilities
Crofton Park railway station in 1983

The station has an automated ticket machine on the overbridge; the station ticket office is open Mon - Fri 0640–1320. In 2007 the ticket office was closed at weekends; however recently (mid-2008) the ticket office has been open on Saturdays. The Southeastern website in March 2014 advertised ticket office hours as Mon - Fri: 06:40 - 13:20/ Sat - Sun: closed.

New level access facilities were constructed to avoid the stairs to the platform (as of 2008). There is now step-free access to platform 1 (northbound) from Marnock Road, and step-free access to platform 2 (southbound) from Lindal Road. There is also step-free access to the ticket office on Brockley Road - although it is a few minutes walk from the step free access points.

Services

Off-peak, all services at Crofton Park are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

Additional services to Kentish Town, Luton and Orpington call at the station in the peak hours.

During the morning peak, there are also 4 trains to London Victoria, operated by Southeastern.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Thameslink
Southeastern
Morning Peak Only

References
  1. "Planning an accessible journey with Southeastern" (PDF). Southeastern. May 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. Table 195, 196 National Rail timetable, December 2021
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