Bromley South railway station is on the

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in England, serving the town centre and high street of

Bromley Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, c ...

, south-east London. It is down the line from and is situated between and . The station and most trains that serve the station are operated by

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, with some services also operated by

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. It is in

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Services

Services at Bromley South are operated by

and

using , , , and

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 4 tph to (3 of these run non-stop and 1 calls at only) * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to

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via * 2 tph to * 2 tph to via * 1 tph to * 1 tph to via * 1 tph to via Chatham * 1 tph to via A number of additional services call at the station during the peak hours. These include additional stopping services to London Victoria via Herne Hill, direct Southeastern trains to London Blackfriars as well as additional trains between London and Ashford via Maidstone East. During the peak hours, the station is also served by additional Thameslink services between Orpington, and .

Layout

The station has 4 platforms, platform 1 being for stopping services to Central London via

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, platform 2 for services to

Orpington Orpington is a town and area in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 13.4 miles (21.6 km) south east of Charing Cross. On the south-eastern edge of the Greater London Built-up Area, it is south of St ...

or Sevenoaks via Swanley, platform 3 for non-stop services to London Victoria and platform 4 for services to

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and Dover Priory via Chatham or

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services.

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routes 61, 119,

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, 146, 162, 208, 261, 246,

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, 320,

336 Year 336 ( CCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nepotianus and Facundus (or, less frequently, year 1089 ''Ab urbe ...

352 Year 352 ( CCCLII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Decentius and Paulus (or, less frequently, year 1105 ''Ab urbe con ...

358 Year 358 ( CCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Datianus and Cerealis (or, less frequently, year 1111 ''Ab urb ...

and

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and night routes N3 and N199 serve the station.

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{{TSGN and SE Stations, Catford Loop=y, Bromley South=y, Chatham=y, Maidstone=y, Ashford=y, SN None=y Railway stations in the London Borough of Bromley Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858 Railway stations served by Southeastern Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway 1858 establishments in England

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