Catford railway station

Catford
Catford
	The station building in August 2015
	Catford Location of Catford in Greater London
Location	Catford
Local authority	London Borough of Lewisham
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	CTF
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
OSI	Catford Bridge
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	1.124 million
– interchange	0.143 million
2019–20	1.169 million
– interchange	0.144 million
2020–21	0.323 million
– interchange	33,810
2021–22	0.581 million
– interchange	89,975
2022–23	0.687 million
– interchange	0.142 million
Key dates
1 July 1892	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures ; Layout ; Facilities ; Buses ;
WGS84	51°26′41″N0°01′34″W / 51.4447°N 0.0261°W
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Last updated December 15, 2023

Catford railway station is one of two stations serving the London suburb of Catford. Mainly used by commuters, it is in Travelcard Zone 3 and is on the Catford Loop Line, between Crofton Park and Bellingham. It is served mainly by Thameslink trains between West Hampstead Thameslink, London Blackfriars and Sevenoaks. Connections to London Victoria are available at Peckham Rye. Catford is 8 miles 3 chains (12.9 km) measured from Victoria.

Services

All services at Catford are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

2 tph to London Blackfriars
2 tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley

During the peak hours, additional services between Orpington, Kentish Town and Luton call at the station. In addition, the service to London Blackfriars is extended to and from Welwyn Garden City via Finsbury Park.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Crofton Park		Thameslink Catford Loop Line		Bellingham

1945 derailment

On 23 September 1945, a Victoria to Ramsgate train derailed on its approach to the station, much of it falling down the embankment towards Catford Stadium. One passenger was killed, and many others were injured (the train had been carrying 377 passengers). The enquiry concluded that it was probably caused by an unnoticed track defect that perhaps arose from heavy rainfall in the preceding days.^[4]

In the media

The second episode of the 1979 London Weekend Television comedy series End of Part One includes the main characters watching a film called "The Life of Christopher Columbus". In the film, Columbus goes to a tube station and asks for a train to America, but is told he can only go as far as Catford. Part of a modified tube map is shown with the fictitious tube stations Lewisham, Ladywell, Edge of the World and Catford on the East London section of the Metropolitan line south from New Cross tube station. This is based on the main line railway line serving Catford Bridge railway station.

Connections

London Buses routes 75, 124, 171, 181, 185, 202, 284 and night route N171 serve the station.^[5]^[6]

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References

↑ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ Table 195, 196 National Rail timetable, May 2022
↑ "Report on the Derailment which occurred on the 20th September, 1946, at Catford on the Southern Railway". Railways Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
↑ "Buses from Catford" (PDF). TfL. July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
↑ "Night buses from Catford" (PDF). TfL. July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

External links

Train times and station information for Catford railway station from National Rail

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[1] "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[3] Table 195, 196 National Rail timetable, May 2022

[4] "Report on the Derailment which occurred on the 20th September, 1946, at Catford on the Southern Railway". Railways Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[5] "Buses from Catford" (PDF). TfL. July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

[6] "Night buses from Catford" (PDF). TfL. July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

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Catford
The station building in August 2015
Catford Location of Catford in Greater London
Location	Catford
Local authority	London Borough of Lewisham
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	CTF
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
OSI	Catford Bridge ^[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	1.124 million^[2]
– interchange	0.143 million^[2]
2019–20	1.169 million^[2]
– interchange	0.144 million^[2]
2020–21	0.323 million^[2]
– interchange	33,810^[2]
2021–22	0.581 million^[2]
– interchange	89,975^[2]
2022–23	0.687 million^[2]
– interchange	0.142 million^[2]
Key dates
1 July 1892	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°26′41″N0°01′34″W / 51.4447°N 0.0261°W / 51.4447; -0.0261
London transportportal