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Crofton Park is a station on the 'Catford Loop' West Hampstead Thameslink to Sevenoaks route, between Nunhead and Catford. It is in Travelcard Zone 3.

Crofton Park
Northbound view of the station in August 2012
Crofton Park Location of Crofton Park in Greater London
Location	Crofton Park
Local authority	London Borough of Lewisham
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	CFT
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17	0.712 million[2]
2017–18	0.794 million[2]
2018–19	0.794 million[2]
2019–20	0.863 million[2]
2020–21	0.196 million[2]
Key dates
1 July 1892	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.455°N 0.0367°W / 51.455; -0.0367
London transport portal

Crofton Park is in the historic centre of Brockley, in the London Borough of Lewisham and is 7 miles 11 chains (11.5 km) measured from London Victoria.

Facilities

The station has an automated ticket machine on the overbridge; the station ticket office is open Mon – Fri 0640–1320. In 2007 the ticket office was closed at weekends; however recently (mid-2008) the ticket office has been open on Saturdays. The Southeastern website in March 2014 advertised ticket office hours as Mon – Fri: 06:40 – 13:20/ Sat – Sun: closed.

New level access facilities were constructed to avoid the stairs to the platform (as of 2008). There is now step-free access to platform 1 (northbound) from Marnock Road, and step-free access to platform 2 (southbound) from Lindal Road. There is also step-free access to the ticket office on Brockley Road – although it is a few minutes walk from the step free access points.

Services

Off-peak, all services at Crofton Park are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

• 2 tph to London Blackfriars
• 2 tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley

During the peak hours, additional services between Orpington, Kentish Town and Luton call at the station. In addition, the service to London Blackfriars is extended to and from Welwyn Garden City via Finsbury Park.

During the morning peak, there are also 4 trains to London Victoria, operated by Southeastern.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Nunhead		Thameslink Catford Loop Line		Catford
Denmark Hill		Southeastern Chatham Main Line Morning Peak Only		Bellingham

References

External links

• Train times for Crofton Park from National Rail
• Street map of Crofton Park
• The Crofton Park Transport Users' Group

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