Orpington railway station

Orpington

Location	Orpington
Local authority	London Borough of Bromley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	ORP
Platforms in use	8
Fare zone	6
NR 2004/5 usage	3.655 million[1]
NR 2005/6 usage	3.716 million[1]
NR 2006/7 usage	5.080 million[1]
NR 2007/8 usage	5.193 million[1]
2 March 1868	Opened
1904	Rebuilt
1925	Electrification
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
External links	Departures • Facilities
London Transport Portal
UK Railways Portal

Orpington railway station serves the town of Orpington in the London Borough of Bromley, and is in Travelcard Zone 6. Located in Station Road, the station is a third of a mile west of the southern end of Orpington High Street.

The station has eight platforms. Platform 1 is a bay platform which is rarely used. Platform 2 is used for fast services to Charing Cross or Cannon Street . Platforms 3 and 4 are an island, 3 used by trains towards Ashford International or Tunbridge Wells and 4 by stopping services from Sevenoaks to Charing Cross or Cannon Street. Platform 5 hosts the Sevenoaks slows with platforms 6-8 being bay platforms used by services starting at Orpington towards Charing Cross, London Victoria, Cannon Street and Blackfriars. Beyond the station at the country end, the four tracks become two. At the London end there is a stabling and servicing area for trains.

There are two entrances, both with ticket offices, the main one on the platform 1/2 side (Station Road), the other on the platforms 5-8 side (Station Approach and the bus interchange). Access to platforms is via an underground subway (unsuitable for wheelchair users) or via a new bridge opened in 2008 which incorporates lift access to all platforms.

History

The station was opened on 2 March 1868, when the South Eastern Railway opened its cut-off line between Chislehurst and Tonbridge. Previously, trains between London and Tunbridge Wells had taken a circuitous route via Redhill. The line was widened and the station rebuilt in 1904, expanding to six platforms. Third rail electrification reached Orpington in 1925, and extended to Sevenoaks ten years later. Platforms 7 and 8 were built in the early 1990s on the site of former carriage sidings. In 2008, the station became fully accessible following the opening of a new footbridge providing lift access to all platforms.

Services

Trains from the station link to London at Victoria, London Bridge and Charing Cross. The typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 6tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross, of which four run fast to London Bridge and two call at all stations to Hither Green^[2] before running fast to London Bridge
• 2tph to London Cannon Street, calling at all stations
• 4tph to London Victoria, calling at all stations via Bromley South and Herne Hill
• 2tph to Tunbridge Wells, calling at Sevenoaks then all stations to Tunbridge Wells
• 2tph to Hastings, calling at Sevenoaks, Tonbidge then all stations.
• 2tph to Sevenoaks, calling at all stations

This is supplemented by services to Blackfriars in the morning peak.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Orpington railway station

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

Coordinates: 51°22′27″N 0°05′19″E / 51.3741°N 0.0885°E / 51.3741; 0.0885

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