Albany Park National Rail
Albany Park is located in Greater London
Albany Park
Albany Park
Location of Albany Park in Greater London
LocationAlbany Park
Local authorityLondon Borough of Bexley
Managed bySoutheastern
Station codeAYP
DfT categoryD
Number of platforms2
Fare zone5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 1.007 million[1]
2019–20Decrease 0.973 million[1]
2020–21Decrease 0.213 million[1]
2021–22Increase 0.510 million[1]
2022–23Increase 0.622 million[1]
Key dates
7 March 1935Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451°26′07″N 0°07′33″E / 51.4354°N 0.1257°E / 51.4354; 0.1257
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Albany Park railway station is in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London (Travelcard Zone 5). It is 12 miles 68 chains (20.7 km) down the line from Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

From platform one trains run westbound to London Charing Cross twice an hour, and twice per hour during the daytime, Monday to Saturday, to London Cannon Street.

From platform two trains from the station run eastbound towards Dartford continuing to Gravesend twice per hour (or Strood, Rochester or Gillingham during peak times) and to London Cannon Street via Greenwich twice an hour during the daytime, Monday to Saturday.

History

The train platform.

The station was opened by the Southern Railway on 7 March 1935[2] following housing development in the area. The station passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When BR was divided into sectors in the 1980s the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.

The station had a very small one storey signal box at the Dartford end of the up platform which closed in November 1970. No goods yard or freight facilities were ever provided.

The station has changed very little over the years except for platform extensions in 1955 and the closure of the signal box.[3][4]

Location

The station is located in Steynton Avenue near a small parade of shops in a largely residential area. The station building is at street level with steps down to the platforms as the line is in a cutting. There is no actual park called Albany Park, although there is nearby pub The Albany Hotel also built in the 1930s.

Services

All services at Albany Park are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly circular service to and from London Cannon Street via Lewisham in the clockwise direction and Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich in the anticlockwise direction. Additional services between London Charing Cross and Dartford also call at the station during the peak hours.

The station is also served by a single early morning service to London Blackfriars.

The 4tph off-peak service will be restored in June 2024.[6]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southeastern

Connections

London Buses route B14 serves the station from Longmead Drive towards both Bexleyheath and Orpington.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 14
  3. "Albany Park".
  4. London Suburban Railways – Lewisham to Dartford by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith (Middleton Press 1991)
  5. Table 200 National Rail timetable, May 2023
  6. "Twitter".
  7. "Longmead Drive / Albany Park". TfL. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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