Brockley railway station

Brockley
Brockley Location of Brockley in Greater London
Location	Brockley
Local authority	Lewisham
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	BCY
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2017–18	4.289 million
2018–19	4.429 million
2019–20	4.269 million
2020–21	1.189 million
2021–22	2.662 million
Key dates
6 March 1871	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.4645°N 0.0369°W / 51.4645; -0.0369
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A view of the station after snow during the night (camera facing south, towards Honor Oak Park).

Brockley railway station serves the south-east London district of Brockley and is on the main railway line between London Bridge and Brighton. It is 3 miles 56 chains (3.70 miles, 5.95 km) down the line from London Bridge.

The station is operated by London Overground, with London Overground and Southern trains serving the station. Thameslink and some Southern services pass through the station. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

History

The line was part of the London and Croydon Railway which opened in 1839. The station was opened on 6 March 1871, although today's buildings are of a modern design: the platforms are only located on the outer, Slow lines, since the station is only served by London Overground trains between Highbury and Islington and West Croydon or Crystal Palace, local trains between London Bridge and Coulsdon Town and by the London Bridge to London Victoria loop line via Crystal Palace, plus some London Bridge to Guildford and Dorking in peak times.

At the London end the line is crossed by the Nunhead to Lewisham line. At this location adjacent to Brockley station was sited Brockley Lane station which closed in 1917 with the original London, Chatham and Dover Railway branch to Greenwich Park. The connection of that line to Lewisham is a later development. The possibility of opening platforms on this line with direct access to Victoria Station and the Bexleyheath Line to Dartford has often been suggested, and a proposal to create a new Brockley Interchange station is included in the London Borough of Lewisham's 2019-2041 transport strategy, though with no funding as yet identified for the project.

Crofton Park, on the Blackfriars to Sevenoaks line, and which also runs from Nunhead, is a mile to the south. Neither of these other lines has a physical connection with Brockley station, despite the trains running over the station. The next station to the north is New Cross Gate, and the next station to the south is Honor Oak Park.

Brockley forms part of the new southbound extension of the East London line that opened on 23 May 2010 and forms part of the London Overground network. Ticket barriers were installed at this time.

Services

Windrush 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 Battersea Park (limited) Sydenham Clapham Junction Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon

Services at Brockley are operated by Southern and London Overground using Class 377 and 378 EMUs.

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

• 2 tph to London Bridge
• 8 tph to Highbury & Islington via Surrey Quays
• 2 tph to London Victoria via Streatham Hill
• 4 tph to Crystal Palace
• 4 tph to West Croydon

The station is also served by a single early morning and late evening service to East Croydon via Norwood Junction, with the early morning service continuing to Tattenham Corner and Caterham.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
New Cross Gate		Southern Brighton Main Line Stopping Services		Honor Oak Park
Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
New Cross Gate towards Highbury & Islington		Windrush line East London line		Honor Oak Park towards Crystal Palace or West Croydon

Connections

London Buses routes 171, 172, 484 and night route N171 serve the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Brockley railway station from National Rail