Location Anerley Station code BIK Fare zone 4 Number of platforms 1 Original company Southern Railway | Managed by Southern DfT category F2 2009–10 0.186 million | |
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Address Beckenham BR3 4EL, United Kingdom Similar Beckenham Junction station, Kent House railway st, Penge West railway st, East Dulwich railway st, Haydons Road railway st | ||
The graces pub at birkbeck station beckenham
Birkbeck station is a railway station and light rail stop in the London Borough of Bromley in the southern suburbs of London. It is located on Elmers End Road (A214) and alongside Beckenham Crematorium.
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National Rail
The line through Birkbeck was opened as a double-track branch of the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway in 1858, but was closed from 1860 to 1863 and again in 1915 until reopened in 1929 as part of the Southern Railway electrification scheme. A year later, on 2 March 1930, a new station was opened, to serve a growing suburban area, and named after the Birkbeck Freehold Lane Society, whose name derived from the Yorkshire philanthropist George Birkbeck. In 1983 the line between Beckenham Junction and Bromley Junction was reduced to single track and the former up line and up platform was abandoned. The track was subsequently removed and the station building demolished.
The tracks in the station are located well above street level; the National Rail buildings were damaged by fire in 1983.
When the Croydon Tramlink was constructed a single line through the station was laid using the trackbed of the former BR up line and the former BR up platform was rebuilt. The National Rail line is served by a high level platform to the north of the track, whilst the Croydon Tramlink rail line is served by a low level platform to the south of the track. Each platform has its own access from the street, and the only access between the two platforms is via the street, with a fence between the two tracks to deter any attempt to cross the lines.
Tramlink
The one-platform Tramlink stop opened in 2000, with the rest of route 2 to the Croydon loop. A proposed line alternative through Birkbeck station from Crystal Palace railway station to Beckenham Junction was considered for conversion to a Tramlink route but Transport for London has dropped the plan on the grounds that the existing rail service is adequate.