Shortlands Railway Station

Facts and Figures

Shortlands railway station is in Shortlands, in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It serves the southwest part of Bromley, and is 10 miles (16 km) from London Victoria.

The station is located on the A222 road. It was originally opened by the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway on 3 May 1858, when it was named Bromley. Shortlands Junction, just west of the station, is where the Catford Loop Line joins the Chatham Main Line: the two lines are now split into slow and fast pairs through the station, which consists of two island platforms on an embankment. The station was enlarged and rebuilt to its present form in 1892-94.

Shortlands Junction was remodelled in the 1950s to allow line speeds to be increased, and was remodelled again with the construction of Ravensbourne chord (a dive-under pair of lines) in 2002 to increase the capacity of the junction, as part of the work to enhance the existing network in conjunction with the opening of the first section of High Speed 1, the high-speed link to the Channel Tunnel. Construction of the chord line might not have been justified with the current level of traffic (now that Eurostar trains no longer use the route through Shortlands to and from Waterloo).

The station is in Travelcard Zone 4, and the station is managed by Southeastern and trains are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink.

Source: Wikipedia

Station Facts

Annual Usage Figures

Year Entry/Exit Interchange
2018 436074 12989
2017 413994 4601
2016 198497 4402
2015 188287 1681
2014 163143 1351
2013 147701 1194
2012 138834 1193
2011 118464 1010
2010 97058 1826
2009 89839 1239
2008 94744 23764
2007 83110 8329

Location Data

  • London Assembly Constituency: Bexley and Bromley
  • UK Parliament Constituency: Bromley and Chislehurst
  • London Borough: Bromley Council
  • London Borough Ward: Bromley Town
  • Greater London Authority: Greater London Authority
  • European Region: London

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