Penge East railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving part of the

Penge Penge () is a suburb of South East London, England, now in the London Borough of Bromley, west of Bromley, north east of Croydon and south east of Charing Cross. History Penge was once a small hamlet, which was recorded under the name Pence ...

and

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areas in the

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, south London. It is down the line from and is situated between and . The station and all trains that call are operated by

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, as part of the Bromley South Metro service. Penge East is in

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History

The station is 7.2 miles (11 km) from

London Victoria Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail. Named after the nearby Victoria Street (not the Q ...

on the Chatham Main Line and was opened on 1 July 1863. It was built by the

London, Chatham and Dover Railway The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR or LC&DR) was a railway company in south-eastern England created on 1 August 1859, when the East Kent Railway was given parliamentary approval to change its name. Its lines ran through London and no ...

and originally known as Penge (LCDR) or Penge Lane, and was renamed Penge East on 9 July 1923. When the line was built a level crossing was built where the line crossed the old alignment of Penge Lane (now Newlands Park and St John's Road). When the level crossing was closed in about 1879, Penge Lane traffic was diverted down what are now Lennard Road, Parish Lane and the current Penge Lane. The covered

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with its corrugated roof dates from the 1880s and is a listed structure. The station is close to the South-Eastern portal of Penge Railway Tunnel. Penge West station is a short walk away, with Southern services to , and and Overground services to West Croydon and Highbury & Islington.

Services

All services at Penge East are operated by

using and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to * 2 tph to via During the peak hours, additional services between London Victoria and Bromley South call at the station increasing the service to 4 tph in each direction.

Connections

London Buses routes 75,

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, 227, 176, 354 and 197 serve the station.

References

External links

Kent Rail page on Penge East
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