Mottingham railway station is a station situated on Court Road between
Eltham
Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of Elt ...
and
Mottingham
Mottingham is a district of south-east London, England, which straddles the border of both the London Borough of Bromley and the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is located south of Eltham, southeast of Charing Cross. It is within the historic ...
, in the
Royal Borough of Greenwich
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, south-east
London
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. It is down the line from . The station is located in
Travelcard Zone 4
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, on the
Dartford Loop Line
The Dartford Loop Line is one of three lines linking London with Dartford in Kent, England. It lies to the south of the other two: the North Kent Line (or Woolwich Line) and the Bexleyheath Line.
Informally, the line is known as the Sidcup ...
between
Lee and
New Eltham
New Eltham is an area of south east London, in the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. It lies south east of Eltham and north west of Sidcup.
History
New Eltham is a largely residential suburb of Greater London developed on former farmland ...
.
The station is operated by
Southeastern
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.
History
The station was first opened by the
South Eastern Railway on 1 September 1866 as ''Eltham for Mottingham''. In 1892 it was renamed ''Eltham & Mottingham''. In 1927 it became ''Mottingham''.
The goods yard on the down side to the west of the platforms included a large coal office. A footbridge linking the two platforms was opened in the 1890s. Half a dozen sidings used for rolling stock were built around 1900 on the down side opposite the goods yard.
A three-storey high
substation was built next to the station when the
Dartford Loop Line
The Dartford Loop Line is one of three lines linking London with Dartford in Kent, England. It lies to the south of the other two: the North Kent Line (or Woolwich Line) and the Bexleyheath Line.
Informally, the line is known as the Sidcup ...
was electrified in 1926. The substation was demolished in 1957 later to be replaced by more powerful substations at
New Eltham
New Eltham is an area of south east London, in the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. It lies south east of Eltham and north west of Sidcup.
History
New Eltham is a largely residential suburb of Greater London developed on former farmland ...
and
Hither Green
Hither Green is a district in south-east London, England, in the London Borough of Lewisham. It forms the southern part of Lewisham, 6.6 miles (10.6 km) south-east of Charing Cross, and on the Prime Meridian.
Growing extensively with ...
.
On 19 March 1946 the station was the location of a fatal accident when an electric passenger train collided with a stationary
light engine
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that was waiting to move into the
siding
Siding may refer to:
* Siding (construction), the outer covering or cladding of a house
* Siding (rail)
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s. The driver of the passenger train was killed and 13 passengers injured.
In 1955 the platforms were lengthened to take ten carriage trains. The goods yard closed and five of the six rolling stock sidings were decommissioned in 1968. The
signal box
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closed the following year. In 1992 the platforms were lengthened again and in 2012 the platforms were extended for a final time in order to take twelve carriage trains.
The up side ticket office has a mixture of structures, the white clapboard dating from the original station of 1866, with brown brick construction of 1957 and sliding doors installed in 1988.
Location
Mottingham Station is situated in the town of
Mottingham
Mottingham is a district of south-east London, England, which straddles the border of both the London Borough of Bromley and the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is located south of Eltham, southeast of Charing Cross. It is within the historic ...
, on Court Road close to its junction with the
A20 Sidcup bypass and opposite
The Tarn
The Tarn is a site on Court Road between Mottingham and Eltham, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, southeast London, United Kingdom, consisting of a public garden, a bird sanctuary nature reserve and a lake amongst woodland. The woodland and lake ...
nature reserve and garden.
The A20 road outside is a popular
hitchhiking
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Nomads hav ...
spot to
Dover
Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
.
The station is served by London bus routes
124,
126,
161
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,
624
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.
Facilities
The station has two platforms. Platform 1 is the up platform for westbound services to London and Platform 2 is the down platform for eastbound services to Kent. A ticket hall is situated on the up side but the station does not have ticket gates. There is an accessible toilet, as well as separate toilets for women and men. There is step free access to both platforms.
The station has a car park.
Services
All services at Mottingham are operated by
Southeastern
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using , , and
EMUs
Emus may refer to:
* Emu
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.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
* 4 tph to
London Charing Cross (2 of these run non-stop from to and 2 call at )
* 2 tph to
* 2 tph to
During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly circular service to and from
London Cannon Street
Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Travelcard zone 1 located on Cannon Street in the City of London and managed by Network Rail. It is ...
via in the clockwise direction and and in the anticlockwise direction.
The station is also served by a single peak hour return service between Dartford and
London Blackfriars, and the service to Gravesend is extended to
Gillingham.
References
External links
An enthusiast's history of Mottingham station
{{TSGN and SE Stations, FCC None=y, SN None=y, Sidcup=y
Railway stations in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866
Railway stations served by Southeastern
Buildings and structures in Eltham
1866 establishments in England