Petts Wood railway station

Petts Wood
Petts Wood Location of Petts Wood in Greater London
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
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	2.097 million
2008–09	2.084 million
2009–10	2.048 million
2010–11	2.069 million
2011–12	2.084 million
2012–13	2.059 million
Key dates
9 July 1928	Opened
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
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Petts Wood railway station serves Petts Wood in the London Borough of Bromley, and is in Travelcard Zone 5.

It has four platform faces on islands located between the slow and fast pairs of tracks. To the north of station is Petts Wood Junction where the Up and Down Loop lines link the lines from Charing Cross and Victoria.

History

The station was built on the main line to the north of Orpington and opened on 9 July 1928, and the community now surrounding it developed from that date: now the railway divides Petts Wood East and Petts Wood West.

Connections

London Buses routes 208, 273, 661, R2, R3 and R7 serve the station.

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

• 4tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria via Bromley South and Herne Hill, calling at all stations
• 2tph to London Charing Cross, calling at all stations to Hither Green and then fast to London Bridge
• 2tph to Cannon Street, calling at all stations
• 8tph to Orpington, two of which continue to Sevenoaks

Peak time services also call additionally to London Blackfriars, resulting in a peak time service of up to 12 trains an hour in the London direction.

From December 2007, the London Victoria via Bromley South and Herne Hill, calling at all stations to Orpington becomes every 15 minutes between 9am and 5pm

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chislehurst		Southeastern South Eastern Main Line Stopping Services		Orpington
Bickley		Southeastern Victoria - Orpington		Orpington
		Thameslink Sevenoaks Line (Limited Service)

External links

• Train times and station information for Petts Wood railway station from National Rail