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	ANY
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	[1]
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	0.408 million[2]
2008–09	0.388 million[2]
2009–10	0.380 million[2]
2010–11	0.509 million[2]
5 June 1839	Station opened as Annerley
1840	Station renamed Anerley
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portal Coordinates: 51°24′53″N 0°04′01″W / 51.4147°N 0.067°W / 51.4147; -0.067

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 Annerley by the London and Croydon Railway in 1839. It was situated in a largely unpopulated area, but was built as part of an agreement with the local landowner.^[3]

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".^[4]

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.^[5]

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 Railways.

Anerley formed part of the new southbound route of the East London Line that opened on May 23, 2010, making Anerley part of the London Overground network.

Services

The typical off-peak service from this station is:

• 4tph (trains per hour) to Highbury & Islington
• 4tph to West Croydon
• 2tph to Caterham
• 2tph to London Bridge

[ v t e ] London Overground East London Line

Legend Highbury & Islington Canonbury Dalston Junction Haggerston Hoxton Shoreditch High Street Whitechapel Shadwell Wapping River Thames Rotherhithe Canada Water Surrey Quays Extension opens in 2012 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

Transport links

London bus routes 157, 249, 358, 432 and night routes N3 all serve the station.

Gallery

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  Print showing Anerley Railway Station in 1854

Lines

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Penge West towards Highbury & Islington		East London Line		Norwood Junction towards West Croydon
National Rail
Penge West		Southern Brighton Main Line		Norwood Junction

References

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anerley railway station

• Train times and station information for Anerley railway station from National Rail
• Anerley on the London Overground map [1]

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