Elmers End station

Elmers End
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Elmers End Location of Elmers End in Greater London
Location	Elmers End
Local authority	Bromley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	ELE
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	3 (2 for National Rail; 1 for Tramlink)
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	4
Tramlink annual boardings and alightings
2009–10	0.451 million
2010–11	0.501 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	0.957 million
2008–09	0.971 million
2009–10	0.956 million
2010–11	0.997 million
2011–12	1.049 million
2012–13	1.063 million
2013–14	1.108 million
2014–15	1.179 million
Key dates
1 April 1864	Opened
29 May 1882	Hayes branch opens
13 May 1983	WSCR closes
31 May 1997	Addiscombe Line closes
29 May 2000	Tramlink services began
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portal

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of part of the Hayes Line, between Lower Sydenham and Elmers End, showing the now closed Addiscombe Line and W&SCR branches off the Hayes Line.

Elmers End station is a railway station and tram terminus in Elmers End, South London, England. It is in the London Borough of Bromley, and Travelcard Zone 4 17 km (11 mi) south of London Charing Cross.

The railway through Elmers End was opened by the South Eastern Railway on 1 April 1864 as an extension of the Mid-Kent Line from New Beckenham to Addiscombe; there was a branch, opened on 29 May 1882 to Hayes at this station. The portion of the line to Addiscombe, which was originally named Croydon (Addiscombe Road), was closed in 1997 when Tramlink took over much of the trackbed from Elmers End.

The Hayes line service on the suburban commuter railway line between Hayes and London Charing Cross through Elmers End is still in use. The station is on Elmers End Road (A214), at the north-east corner of South Norwood Country Park.

One former railway platform is now the terminus for Tramlink routes 1 and 4 to central Croydon.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a train every 15 minutes towards Central London either to Cannon Street or Charing Cross and to Hayes in the other direction. Evenings and Sundays there is a half-hourly service in each direction. Trams depart from the station every 12 minutes; this service falls to four trams per hour during the early morning and evenings. Each tram travels towards Croydon town centre and West Croydon tram stop, before travelling back to Elmers End.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Clock House		Southeastern Hayes Line		Eden Park
	Tramlink
Arena towards Wellesley Road		Route 1		Terminus
Arena towards Therapia Lane		Route 4		Terminus
	Disused railways
Clock House		Network SouthEast Addiscombe Line		Woodside
		British Rail Southern Region Woodside and South Croydon Railway

Layout

File:Tram 2560 at Elmers End.jpg

Tramlink Variobahn tram

Platform 1 Tramlink Route 1 and Tramlink Route 4 towards Elmers End via loop

Side Platform

Platform 2 Southeastern towards Charing Cross, Cannon Street

Platform 3 Southeastern towards Hayes

Side Platform

Connections

London Buses routes 54, 356 and 289 serve the station.

See also

• Addiscombe Line
• Woodside and South Croydon Railway

External links

• Train times and station information for Elmers End station from National Rail