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Changing At Lewisham

Lewisham station is a major station in South East London, where several routes meet. The Docklands Light Railway also serves the area.

This Google Map shows the lines in the area.

Lewisham Station

Note how there are two pairs of platforms, with one pair going off top the East towards Kent and another pair going South towards Beckenham and Hayes. These are pictures of the station.

According to a section called Services in the Wikipedia entry for the station, there are typical off-peak service in trains per hour.

• 4 to London Charing Cross
• 8 to London Cannon Street
• 2 to London Victoria
• 2 to Orpington
• 4 to London Cannon Street via Sidcup or via Bexleyheath both returning via Greenwich
• 2 to Hayes
• 4 to Dartford via Bexleyheath
• 2 to Gillingham via Woolwich Arsenal

In addition there are twelve services on the Docklands Light Railway to Bank

Some of these services come via New Cross.

It would seem to me, that if Transport for London achieve their aim of taking over some or all of Southeastern’s services, there could be scope for simplification, or even a simple extension of the historic New Cross service to Lewisham.

But if you look at the Google Map of the station, I think it would be very difficult to create a terminal platform.

So it would seem easier for services to go past Lewisham to stations like Hayes and Orpington.

November 30, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | East London Extension To Lewisham, Lewisham Station, Trains