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Slade Green railway station is in the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London, on the North Kent Line. It is 15 miles 30 chains (24.7 km) measured from London Charing Cross.

Slade Green
Slade Green Location of Slade Green in Greater London
Location	Slade Green
Local authority	London Borough of Bexley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	SGR
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17	0.811 million[2]
– interchange	9,679[2]
2017–18	0.839 million[2]
– interchange	9,263[2]
2018–19	0.958 million[2]
– interchange	59,126[2]
2019–20	0.990 million[2]
– interchange	54,602[2]
2020–21	0.371 million[2]
– interchange	22,930[2]
Key dates
1 July 1900	Opened as Slades Green
21 September 1953[3]	Renamed Slade Green
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.4678°N 0.1904°E / 51.4678; 0.1904
London transport portal

The station was built in 1900 to serve the developing community. It opened as "Slades Green" and it was not until 1953 that this was changed to Slade Green. There was a level crossing across the tracks at the south end of the station but this and the signal box closed in November 1970 when the line was resignalled.[4] As of 2019 the station and trains serving it are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink.

Services

Services at Slade Green are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink using Class 376, 465, 466, 700 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]

• 2 tph to London Cannon Street via Greenwich
• 2 tph to London Charing Cross via Lewisham
• 2 tph to Luton via Greenwich
• 2 tph to Crayford, returning to London Cannon Street via Sidcup and Lewisham
• 2 tph to Dartford
• 2 tph to Rainham via Chatham

During the peak hours, the station is also served by direct trains to and from Bexleyheath and Barnehurst.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Abbey Wood		Thameslink North Kent Line		Dartford
Erith		Southeastern North Kent Line
		Southeastern Dartford Loop Line		Crayford
		Southeastern Bexleyheath Line Peak Hours Only		Barnehurst

Connections

London Buses routes 89, 99 and 428 serve the station.

Future development

Studies by Crossrail Ltd. identified Gravesend as the preferred termination point.^{[further explanation needed]} However, the same studies found Slade Green station to be the outermost station with sufficient capacity to support Crossrail. Rail Freight studies seeking to extend traffic in the opposite direction, with a planned multi modal distribution centre between Slade Green and Dartford, meant that extending Crossrail beyond Slade Green would require additional tracks and possibly a viaduct. From 2009, the commuter route through Slade Green has been safeguarded for future Crossrail extensions.[6]

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Slade Green railway station from National Rail

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