Petts Wood railway station

Petts Wood
Petts Wood Location of Petts Wood in Greater London
Location	Petts Wood
Local authority	London Borough of Bromley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	PET
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	2.097 million[1]
2008–09	2.084 million[1]
2009–10	2.048 million[1]
2010–11	2.069 million[1]
2011–12	2.084 million[1]
2012–13	2.059 million[1]
Key dates
9 July 1928	Opened
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°23′20″N 0°04′27″E / 51.3889°N 0.0742°ECoordinates: 51°23′20″N 0°04′27″E / 51.3889°N 0.0742°E
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Petts Wood railway station serves Petts Wood in the London Borough of Bromley, and is in Travelcard Zone 5.

It has four platform faces on islands located between the slow and fast pairs of tracks. To the north of station is Petts Wood Junction where the Up and Down Loop lines link the lines from Charing Cross and Victoria.

History

The station was built on the main line to the north of Orpington and opened on 9 July 1928, initially as a single island platform, with the first tickets printed showing the name as Pett's Wood. The community now surrounding it developed from that date: now the railway divides Petts Wood East and Petts Wood West.

Connections

London Buses routes 208, 273, 661, R2, R3, R7 and N199 serve the station.

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

• 4tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria via Bromley South and Herne Hill, calling at all stations
• 2tph to London Charing Cross, calling at all stations to Hither Green and then fast to London Bridge
• 2tph to Cannon Street, calling at all stations
• 8tph to Orpington, two of which continue to Sevenoaks

Peak time services also call additionally to London Blackfriars, resulting in a peak time service of up to 12 trains an hour in the London direction.^[2]

From December 2007, the London Victoria via Bromley South and Herne Hill, calling at all stations to Orpington becomes every 15 minutes between 9am and 5pm

References

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Southeastern Railway timetable - 8 December 2007

• Mitchell, V & Smith, K (1991). Southern Main Lines: Charing Cross to Orpington. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-96-7.

External links

• Train times and station information for Petts Wood railway station from National Rail