New Cross railway station

Not to be confused with New Cross Gate railway station.

New Cross
Station entrance on Amersham Vale
Location	New Cross
Local authority	London Borough of Lewisham
Managed by	Southeastern
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	NWX
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	2
OSI	New Cross Gate
London Underground annual entry and exit
2004	2.562 million
2005	2.620 million
2006	2.153 million
2007	before closure 2.272 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	2.065 million
2005–06	2.042 million
2006–07	1.742 million
2007–08	1.894 million
2008–09	1.839 million
2009–10	1.722 million
Key dates
October 1850	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
London transport portal

Class 378 and 376 at New Cross

New Cross railway station is a railway station in New Cross, London. It is in Zone 2, on the East London Line. Closed in late 2007, the station was refurbished and re-opened as part of the London Overground network on 27 April 2010 for preview services. The platforms are lettered A to D so as to differentiate them from those at New Cross Gate.

History

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around the approaches to Template:LUL stations

In the early Victorian railway boom two companies constructed lines through the area. The London and Croydon Railway (L&CR) built a station on the New Cross Road close to Hatcham in 1839. In 1849 the South Eastern Railway (SER) put its station about 600 metres further east along the New Cross Road in the heart of New Cross. Both stations were named "New Cross", creating a confusion which lasted until the two companies were absorbed under the 1923 grouping into the Southern Railway and the name of the older station was changed to New Cross Gate; the ex-South Eastern station remained New Cross.

The station was extensively rebuilt in the 1970s. The original station buildings on the road bridge was replaced by the present buildings at the side. Platforms on the down and fast lines were closed and demolished. A new track layout was introduced at this time.

London Underground used to serve this station as the southern terminus to their East London Line before it closed for major engineering work to convert the East London Line to London Overground, which reopened on 27 April 2010.

London Overground

London Underground's East London Line closed on 22 December 2007 and reopened on 27 April 2010, becoming part of the London Overground network. The service was also closed between 1995 and 1998 due to repair work on the East London Line's Thames Tunnel. The northern section of the line between Dalston Junction and Highbury & Islington was opened on 28 February 2011. Passengers using this service have to change no further than Dalston Junction for Canonbury and Highbury & Islington, as trains from New Cross will terminate at Dalston Junction.

Accidents

• On 7 August 1899 a train hauled by "Terrier" No.59 Cheam collided with "Gladstone" No. 199 Samuel Laing after the driver overran signals approaching New Cross station. Fifteen people were injured.
• The Spa Road Junction rail crash occurred a short distance outside the station.

Services

All times below are correct as of the December 2010 timetables.

London Overground

East London Line

Every day there is a service every 15 minutes. Current frequency is:

• 4 Northbound to Dalston Junction
• 4 Terminating here

East London Line
London Overground
Highbury & Islington Canonbury Dalston Junction Haggerston Kingsland Viaduct Hoxton Shoreditch High Street Whitechapel Shadwell ( Shadwell) Wapping Thames Tunnel under River Thames Rotherhithe Canada Water Surrey Quays Queens Road Peckham New Cross Peckham Rye New Cross Gate Denmark Hill Brockley Clapham High Street ( Clapham North) Honor Oak Park Wandsworth Road Forest Hill Clapham Junction Sydenham Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon

Southeastern

Main-line services are operated by Southeastern from Cannon Street or Charing Cross to north and mid Kent. The next stations are London Bridge to the north and St Johns to the south. The current frequency of Southeastern services is:

• 8 Northbound to Cannon Street
• 2 Southbound to Hayes via Lewisham
• 2 Southbound to Barnehurst via Bexleyheath
• 2 Southbound to Cannon Street via Sidcup, Woolwich Arsenal & Greenwich
• 2 Southbound to Orpington Monday - Saturday daytimes only

Note: Trains in the evenings (8pm onwards) and on Sundays terminate at Charing Cross instead of Cannon Street. Also Bexleyheath Line services are extended to Dartford and Sidcup Line services are also extended to Gravesend. A very limited amount of trains skip Lewisham and go directly to Hither Green via the Main Line

Gallery

• 
  Looking south along platforms C and B, country-bound
• 
  Looking north, London-bound
• 
  Underground train at New Cross bay platform D prior to closure and refurbishment of the East London line in 2007
• 
  Looking north from the A2 New Cross Road, with platform A nearest the camera
• 
  A Class 378 terminated at Platform D
• 
  A Hayes bound Class 376 departs from Platform C

Lines

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Template:LUL stations		Southeastern London to Orpington, Hayes Line and Dartford Loop Line		St Johns
		Southeastern Bexleyheath Line		Lewisham
Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Template:LOG stations toward Template:LOG stations		Template:LOG lines		Terminus
	Former services
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Template:LUL stations toward Template:LUL stations		Template:LUL lines		Terminus

External links

• Train times and station information for New Cross railway station from National Rail