Crofton Park railway station

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 is in the historic centre of Brockley, in the London Borough of Lewisham and is 7 mi 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 EMUs.

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


 * 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.

The station is also served by a number of peak hour Southeastern services between London Victoria, Rochester and Gillingham. The station is served by four trains to London Victoria in the morning peak and two trains to Rochester, one of which continues to Gillingham in the evening peak.