Bexley railway station

This article is about the railway station in London. For the pastoral lease in Australia, see Bexley Station (Queensland).

Bexley

Bexley Location of Bexley in Greater London
Location	Bexley
Local authority	London Borough of Bexley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	BXY
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	1.157 million^[1]
2011–12	1.175 million^[1]
2012–13	1.215 million^[1]
2013–14	1.301 million^[1]
2014–15	1.391 million^[1]
Key dates
1 September 1866	Opened
Other information
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WGS84	51°26′25″N 0°08′52″E / 51.4403°N 0.1479°E / 51.4403; 0.1479Coordinates: 51°26′25″N 0°08′52″E / 51.4403°N 0.1479°E / 51.4403; 0.1479
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Bexley railway station is in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London, in Travelcard Zone 6. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.

Trains from the station run eastbound to Dartford, Gravesend and to London Cannon Street via Slade Green, and westbound to Cannon Street and London Charing Cross via Lewisham.

Bexley was the scene of the Bexley derailment in 1997 when a freight train derailed very near the station.

History

Bexley Station in 1961

Bexley station was opened in September 1866. It had five sidings on the down side, to the west of the station building with a row of coal stacks. Farm produce formed much of the goods traffic in the station's early years, much of it grown in local fields. The station had an SER-designed two-storey timber signal box which came into use about twenty years after the station opened. In 1955 the platforms were extended to accommodate ten carriage trains. The goods sidings closed in 1963 and the signal box closed in 1970. The clapboard buildings of the original station are well preserved.^[2]^[3]

The Bexley derailment was an accident which occurred on 4 February 1997 when an eastbound EWS freight train derailed near to Bexley station on the Dartford Loop Line. Railtrack plc, SEIMCL and STRCL were each convicted of various offences under section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 resulting in fines totalling £150,000 and £41,768. In his sentencing remarks, the judge said that it "was merciful that nobody was killed although four people were injured". The Inspectorate report describes it as "fortunate" that nobody was killed. The primary cause of the accident was found to be very poor track maintenance, contributed to by an overloaded wagon.

Location

Bexley station is at the heart of Bexley Town centre (known as Bexley Village).

Facilities

A subway links the two platforms. The station has ticket gates. There is a 259 space car park.

Services

Standard off-peak services are

2tph to London Charing Cross calling at all stations to Hither Green then running fast to London Bridge
2tph to London Cannon Street calling at all stations via Lewisham
2tph to London Cannon Street calling at all stations via Crayford, Slade Green & Woolwich Arsenal
2tph to Gravesend via Crayford and Dartford

In the evening and on Sundays there is a half hourly service to London Charing Cross.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Albany Park		Southeastern Dartford Loop and Sidcup Lines		Crayford

Connections

London Buses routes 132 and 229 and night route N21 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.
↑ http://www.kentrail.org.uk/Bexley.htm
↑ London Suburban Railways - Lewisham to Dartford by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith (Middleton Press 1991)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bexley railway station.

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

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

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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

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Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

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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

Category
Commons
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Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southeastern routes serving this station

Metro via Sidcup	London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street London Bridge New Cross St Johns Lewisham Hither Green Lee Mottingham New Eltham Sidcup Albany Park Bexley Crayford Slade Green Dartford Stone Crossing Greenhithe Swanscombe Northfleet Gravesend Higham Strood Rochester Chatham Gillingham

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

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