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Grove Park railway station

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Location
  
Grove Park and Downham

Station code
  
GRP

2011–12
  
1.933 million

Address
  
United Kingdom

Managed by
  
Southeastern

DfT category
  
C2

2012–13
  
1.949 million

Number of platforms
  
5

Grove Park railway station

Local authority
  
London Borough of Lewisham

Similar
  
Bromley North railway st, Westcombe Park railway st, Sundridge Park railway st, Elmstead Woods railway st, St Johns railway station

Grove Park is a railway station in southeast London, England. It is located on Baring Road (the A2212) within Travelcard Zone 4, and serves the areas of Grove Park and Downham in the London Borough of Lewisham.

Contents

The station was opened in 1871. It is 8 miles 78 chains (14.4 km) down-line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Hither Green and Elmstead Woods stations.

Platforms

Currently there are five platforms. Platform 1 serves Bromley North branch line, which is detached from the rest of the station, while platforms 2 to 5 are on the South Eastern Main Line which runs from Charing Cross to Hastings. The adjacent stations are Elmstead Woods to the south, Hither Green to the north, and Sundridge Park on the Bromley North branch line.

There are regular services to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

  • 2 trains per hour (tph) to Charing Cross
  • 2 tph to Cannon Street calling at all stations.
  • 4 tph to Orpington, with 2 tph continuing to Sevenoaks
  • 3 tph to Bromley North, calling at Sundridge Park.
  • On Sundays the Bromley North shuttle does not run.

    Connections

    London Buses routes 126, 136, 181, 261, 284, 273 and 638 and night route N136 serve the station.

    References

    Grove Park railway station Wikipedia