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Eltham Railway StationEltham railway station is a railway station in Eltham, in the London Borough of Greenwich. The station and all trains serving it, are operated by South Eastern Trains. It is in Travelcard Zone 4. There have been two railway stations in Eltham on the Bexleyheath line: - Eltham (Well Hall) nine miles from Lewisham, in Well Hall Road.
- Eltham Park a few hundred yards further east, in Westmount Road
Both were on opened on 1 May 1895: the Bexleyheath Line was the final of the three lines from London to Dartford. It was built by the Bexley Heath Railway, which soon became bankrupt: services were then taken over by the South Eastern Railway. The two stations lay between Kidbrooke and Falconwood. When the new Rochester Road (part of the A2) was opened, both stations were closed, and one station, Eltham railway station, took its place. That station is located on a raft over the main road, and is part of a bus/rail transfer complex. Trains run east to Dartford; some are extended to Gravesend or the Medway Towns; and a few rush-hour trains are diverted to Slade Green, and west to Charing Cross or Victoria. The daytime service is one train every half an hour to each of the two London termini, resulting in a 15 minute frequency as far west as Lewisham. External links
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