Mottingham railway station

Mottingham
Mottingham
	Mottingham Location of Mottingham in Greater London
Location	Eltham
Local authority	Royal Borough of Greenwich
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code(s)	MTG
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2017–18	1.299 million
2018–19	1.373 million
2019–20	1.323 million
2020–21	0.393 million
2021–22	0.846 million
Key dates
1 September 1866	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Facilities;
Coordinates	51°26′24″N 0°03′01″E / 51.4401°N 0.0504°E
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Mottingham railway station is a station situated on Court Road between Eltham and Mottingham, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, south-east London. It is 9 miles 40 chains (15.3 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 4, on the Dartford Loop Line between Lee and New Eltham.

The station is operated by Southeastern.

History

The station was first opened by the South Eastern Railway on 1 September 1866 as Eltham for Mottingham.^[3] In 1892 it was renamed Eltham & Mottingham. In 1927 it became Mottingham.

The goods yard on the down side to the west of the platforms included a large coal office. A footbridge linking the two platforms was opened in the 1890s. Half a dozen sidings used for rolling stock were built around 1900 on the down side opposite the goods yard.

A three-storey high substation was built next to the station when the Dartford Loop Line was electrified in 1926. The substation was demolished in 1957 later to be replaced by more powerful substations at New Eltham and Hither Green.

On 19 March 1946 the station was the location of a fatal accident when an electric passenger train collided with a stationary light engine that was waiting to move into the sidings. The driver of the passenger train was killed and 13 passengers injured.^[4]

In 1955 the platforms were lengthened to take ten carriage trains. The goods yard closed and five of the six rolling stock sidings were decommissioned in 1968. The signal box closed the following year. In 1992 the platforms were lengthened again and in 2012 the platforms were extended for a final time in order to take twelve carriage trains.

The up side ticket office has a mixture of structures, the white clapboard dating from the original station of 1866, with brown brick construction of 1957 and sliding doors installed in 1988.^[5]

Location

Mottingham Station is situated in the town of Mottingham, on Court Road close to its junction with the A20 Sidcup bypass and opposite The Tarn nature reserve and garden.^[6] The A20 road outside is a popular hitchhiking spot to Dover.^[7]

The station is served by London bus routes 124, 126, 161, 624.^[8]

Facilities

The station has two platforms. Platform 1 is the up platform for westbound services to London and Platform 2 is the down platform for eastbound services to Kent. A ticket hall is situated on the up side but the station does not have ticket gates. There is an accessible toilet, as well as separate toilets for women and men. There is step free access to both platforms.

The station has a car park.^[9]

Services

All services at Mottingham are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[10]

2 tph to London Charing Cross
2 tph to London Cannon Street via Lewisham
2 tph to Gravesend
2 tph to Slade Green, continuing to London Cannon Street via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lee		Southeastern Dartford Loop Line		New Eltham

References

^ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford
^ "Report by Colonel A. C. Trench, C.I.E. On the Collision which occurred on the 19th March, 1946 at Mottingham on the Southern Railway :: The Railways Archive".
^ Kent Rail
^ Nicholson Greater London Street Atlas Comprehensive Edition. 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB: Harper Collins Publishers. 2003. p. 185. ISBN 0-583-33291-9. shows Mottingham railway station location, and The Tarn{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ "London – Hitchwiki: The Hitchhiker's guide to Hitchhiking".
^ "Keeping London moving".
^ "National Rail Enquiries – Station facilities for Mottingham".
^ Table 200 National Rail timetable, December 2021

External links

Train times and station information for Mottingham railway station from National Rail
An enthusiast's history of Mottingham station

[1] "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-2] "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[3] Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford

[4] "Report by Colonel A. C. Trench, C.I.E. On the Collision which occurred on the 19th March, 1946 at Mottingham on the Southern Railway :: The Railways Archive".

[5] Kent Rail

[azbook-6] Nicholson Greater London Street Atlas Comprehensive Edition. 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB: Harper Collins Publishers. 2003. p. 185. ISBN 0-583-33291-9. shows Mottingham railway station location, and The Tarn{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[7] "London – Hitchwiki: The Hitchhiker's guide to Hitchhiking".

[8] "Keeping London moving".

[9] "National Rail Enquiries – Station facilities for Mottingham".

[10] Table 200 National Rail timetable, December 2021

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