Forest Hill | |
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Location | Forest Hill |
Local authority | London Borough of Lewisham |
Managed by | London Overground |
Owner | Network Rail |
Station code | FOH |
DfT category | C2 |
Number of platforms | 2 (facing 4 tracks) |
Accessible | Yes |
Fare zone | 3 |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2018–19 | 5.292 million [1] |
2019–20 | 5.000 million [1] |
2020–21 | 1.322 million [1] |
2021–22 | 2.947 million [1] |
2022–23 | 3.757 million [1] |
Key dates | |
5 June 1839 | Opened as Dartmouth Arms |
1845 | Renamed Forest Hill |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°26′20″N0°03′11″W / 51.439°N 0.053°W |
London transportportal |
Forest Hill railway station serves Forest Hill in the London Borough of Lewisham, south London. The station adjoins a road which serves as part of the A205 South Circular Road.
The station is managed by London Overground, with Overground and Southern trains serving the station. Thameslink services also pass through the station. It is 5 miles 50 chains (5.63 miles, 9.05 km) down the line from London Bridge, between Honor Oak Park and Sydenham, in Travelcard Zone 3. There are four tracks through the station, although only the slow lines (the two outer tracks) have platforms.
There are two entrances, the main one being on platform 1 at the bottom of the South Circular Road, and a side entrance on platform 2 on Perry Vale. The ticket office is placed in the main entrance, although there are ticket machines outside both entrances.
The station was opened by the original London & Croydon Railway (L&CR) on 5 June 1839, as Dartmouth Arms (the name of the local inn).
The line was also used by the London and Brighton Railway from 1841 and the South Eastern Railway (SER) from 1842. In 1844, the station was chosen by the L&CR as the northern terminus for Phase 1 of an experimental atmospheric railway to West Croydon. A pumping station was also constructed at the station. [2] The L&CR and the L&BR merged to form the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) in July 1846; the following year "atmospheric" working was abandoned. In 1845 the station became Forest Hill for Lordship Lane . [3] [4]
The LB&SCR moved the Down platform during the early 1850s when the line was quadrupled, and extended the island platform around 1864. [5]
The LB&SCR station buildings were badly damaged by bombing during World War II but were patched up and survived until British Rail demolished them in 1972 and built a much smaller CLASP system-built prefabricated station building that remains in use to this day. The short narrow island platform serving the fast lines was demolished in the early 1960s.[ citation needed ]
Services at Forest Hill are operated by Southern and London Overground using Class 377 and 378 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [6] [7]
The station is also served by a single early morning and late evening service to East Croydon via Norwood Junction, with the early morning service continuing to Tattenham Corner and Caterham.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southern Stopping Services | ||||
Preceding station | London Overground | Following station | ||
Honor Oak Park towards Highbury & Islington | East London line | Sydenham towards Crystal Palace or West Croydon |
London Buses routes 122, 176, 185, 197 and 356 serve the station. [8] [9]
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