Grove Park is a railway station in southeast

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, England. It is located on Baring Road (the A2212) within

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, and serves the areas of Grove Park and

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in the

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. It is down the line from . It serves as an interchange between local

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services & the

Bromley North Line The Bromley North line is a less than long branch line in Greater London that connects at Grove Park with the South Eastern Main Line operated by Southeastern. During the 2010s the line which has two stations of its own has been served by a no ...

shuttle. Prior to 1952 there was also a connection to

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. The station was opened in 1871.

Platforms

Currently there are five platforms. Platform 1 serves Bromley North branch line, which is detached from the rest of the station, while platforms 2 to 5 are on the

which runs from

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. The adjacent stations are Elmstead Woods to the south,

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to the north, and

Sundridge Park Sundridge Park, also known simply as Sundridge, is an area of Greater London within the London Borough of Bromley and prior to 1965 it was in the historic county of Kent. It is situated north of Bromley, north-west of Widmore and Bickley, sou ...

on the Bromley North branch line. There are regular services to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street.

Services

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All services at Grove Park are operated by

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using , , and

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to London Charing Cross (non-stop from to ) * 2 tph to

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(all stations except Lewisham) * 4 tph to of which 2 continue to * 2 tph to On Sundays, the station is served by a half-hourly service between Sevenoaks and London Charing Cross via Lewisham, with no service to Bromley North.

Connections

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routes 124, 126, 136, 181, 261, 284, 273 and

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and night route N136 serve the station.Transport for London bus map
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{{TSGN and SE Stations, Elmstead=y, Bromley North=y, FCC None=y, SN None=y Railway stations in the London Borough of Lewisham DfT Category C2 stations Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1871 Railway stations served by Southeastern Grove Park, Lewisham