Anerley railway station

Anerley
Anerley Location of Anerley in Greater London
Location	Anerley
Local authority	London Borough of Bromley
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	ANZ
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes [1]
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	0.509 million[2]
2011–12	0.629 million[2]
2012–13	0.688 million[2]
2013–14	0.736 million[2]
2014–15	0.760 million[2]
Key dates
5 June 1839	Station opened as Anerley Bridge
1840	Station renamed Anerley
Other information
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WGS84	51°24′53″N 0°04′01″W / 51.4147°N 0.067°WCoordinates: 51°24′53″N 0°04′01″W / 51.4147°N 0.067°W
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Anerley railway station is in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. The station is operated by London Overground, with London Overground and Southern trains serving the station. It is located in Travelcard Zone 4.

The main building on the down side (which is only open weekday/Saturday mornings), replaced an original building which was on the up platform. This was in turn replaced by two shelters on the Up platform. There is a bridge connecting the two platforms. Four lines run through the station, the central pair being the Up and Down through lines. The station stands off Anerley Road (A214).

History

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around the Brighton Main Line between South Croydon and Selhurst/Forest Hill, as well as surrounding lines

The station was opened originally as Anerley Bridge by the London and Croydon Railway in 1839.^[3][4] It was situated in a largely unpopulated area, but was built as part of an agreement with the local landowner.^[5]

According to local lore, the landowner was a Scotsman and, when asked for the landmark by which the station would be known, he replied "Mine is the annerly hoose". The timetable of the day seems to back this up since it says "There is no place of that name".^[6]

The London and Croydon Railway amalgamated with the London & Brighton Railway to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in July 1846, and the station was rebuilt during the widening of the main line during 1849/50.^[7]

During the Grouping of 1923 the station became part of the Southern Railway, and then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Rail.

Anerley formed part of the new southward extension to the East London Line that opened on 23 May 2010, making Anerley part of the London Overground network. At the same time, management of the station passed from Southern to London Overground.

Services

The typical off-peak service from this station is:

• 4tph (trains per hour) to Dalston Junction
• 4tph to West Croydon
• 2tph to Caterham
• 2tph to London Bridge

London Overground East London Line
Legend
Highbury & Islington Canonbury Dalston Junction Haggerston Kingsland Viaduct Hoxton Shoreditch High Street Whitechapel 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 Honor Oak Park Wandsworth Road Forest Hill Clapham Junction Sydenham Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon

Connections

London Buses routes 157, 249, 358 and 432 and night route N3 serve the station.

Lines

References

1. "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail Enquiries. National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 March 2009.
2. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
4. Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford
5. Turner, John Howard (1978). The London Brighton and South Coast Railway 1 Origins and Formation. Batsford. p. 51. ISBN 0-7134-0275-X.
6. The Phoenix Suburb, Alan Warwick, 1972
7. Turner, John Howard (1978). The London Brighton and South Coast Railway 2 Establishment and Growth. Batsford. p. 48. ISBN 0-7134-1198-8.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.

External links

• Train times and station information for Anerley railway station from National Rail
• Anerley on the London Overground map