Petts Wood railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line, serving Petts Wood in the London Borough of Bromley, south-eastern Greater London. It is 12 miles 53 chains (20.4 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Chislehurst and Orpington stations. It is in Travelcard zone 5.
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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 |
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9 July 1928 | Opened |
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WGS84 | 51.3889°N 0.0742°E / 51.3889; 0.0742 |
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It has four platform faces on islands located between the slow and fast pairs of tracks. To the north of the station is Petts Wood Junction, where the up (London-bound) and down (country-bound) loop lines link the lines from Charing Cross and Victoria. The station is managed by Southeastern. There is a waiting room serving the two slow lines. The booking office, Oystercard readers, and ticket machines are all situated at footbridge level; this footbridge is always open to non-passengers.
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 residential areas now surrounding it developed from that date: now the railway divides Petts Wood East and Petts Wood West.
London Buses routes 208, 273, R3, R7 and night route N199 serve the station.[2]
Off peak, all services at Petts Wood are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
During the peak hours, the station is also served by a number of trains to Kentish Town and Luton via Catford which are operated by Thameslink.
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