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'''Petts Wood railway station''' is on the [[South Eastern Main Line]], serving [[Petts Wood]] in the [[London Borough of Bromley]], south-east London. It is {{convert|12|mi|53|chain|km}} down the line from [[Charing Cross railway station|London Charing Cross]] and is situated between {{rws|Chislehurst}} and {{rws|Orpington}} stations. It is in [[List of stations in London fare zone 5|Travelcard zone 5]].▼
 
▲'''Petts Wood railway station''' is on the [[South Eastern Main Line]], serving [[Petts Wood]] in the [[London Borough of Bromley]], south-easteastern Greater London. It is {{convert|12|mi|53|chain|km}} down the line from [[Charing Cross railway station|London Charing Cross]] and is situated between {{rws|Chislehurst}} and {{rws|Orpington}} stations. It is in [[List of stations in London fare zone 5|Travelcard zone 5]].
It has four platform faces on islands located between the slow and fast pairs of tracks. To the north of the station is Petts Wood Junction, where the up (London-bound) and down (country-bound) loop lines link the lines from Charing Cross and Victoria. The station is operated by Southeastern.▼
 
▲It has four platform faces on islands located between the slow and fast pairs of tracks. To the north of the station is [[Chislehurst Junction|Petts Wood Junction]], where the up (London-bound) and down (country-bound) loop lines link the lines from Charing Cross and Victoria. The station is operatedmanaged by [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]]. There is a waiting room serving the two slow lines. The booking office, Oystercard readers, and ticket machines are all situated at footbridge level; this footbridge is always open to non-passengers.
 
== History ==
The station was built on the main line to the north of Orpington and opened on 9 July 1928, initially as a single island platform, with the first tickets printed showing the name as Pett's Wood. The communityresidential areas now surrounding it developed from that date: now the railway divides Petts Wood East and Petts Wood West.
 
In March 2024, a project to create step-free access at the station was completed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gwt |first=Andrew |date=2024-03-24 |title=Another South London station now has step-free access |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/03/another-south-london-station-now-has-step-free-access.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=RailAdvent |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
==Connections==
[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 208|208]], [[London Buses route 273|273]], [[London Buses route 661R3|661R3]], [[London Buses route R2R7|R2R7]], [[Londonand Busesnight route R3|R3]], [[London Buses route R7N199|R7N199]] andserve [[listthe ofstation.<ref>{{Cite nightweb|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/petts-wood-010417.pdf|title=Buses busesfrom inPetts London#N199Wood|N199]]date=1 serveApril the2017|website=TfL|access-date=2 station.June 2020}}</ref>
 
== Services ==
Off peak, all services at Petts Wood are operated by [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] using {{brc|376}}, {{brc|465|n}}, {{brc|466|n}} and {{brc|707|n}} [[Electric multiple unit|EMUs]].
 
The May 2018 Monday to Saturdaytypical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref>{{NRtimes|December 2023|195, 196, 199, 204}}</ref>
* 2 tph to {{stn|London Victoria}} via {{stnlnk|Herne Hill}}
* 2 tph to [[Charing Cross railway station|London Charing Cross]] via {{stn|Lewisham}}
* 2 tph to [[Cannon Street station|London Cannon Street]]
*6tph to6 [[Orpingtontph railwayto station{{stnlnk|Orpington]], two}} of which 2 continue to [[Sevenoaks railway station{{stnlnk|Sevenoaks]]}}▼
 
Additional services, including a number of [[Govia Thameslink Railway|Thameslink]] services between {{stnlnk|Orpington}}, {{stn|Kentish Town}} and {{stnlnk|Luton}} via {{stnlnk|Catford}} call at the station during the peak hours.
*2tph (trains per hour) to [[Victoria Station (London)|London Victoria]] via [[Bromley South railway station|Bromley South]] and [[Herne Hill railway station|Herne Hill]], calling at all stations
*2tph to [[Charing Cross railway station|London Charing Cross]], calling at all stations to [[Hither Green railway station|Hither Green]] and then fast to [[London Bridge station|London Bridge]]
*2tph to [[Cannon Street station|Cannon Street]], calling at all stations (except London Bridge until 2018).
*2tph to {{LUL stations|station=Kentish Town}} via {{Stnlnk|Elephant & Castle}} (Thameslink); Mondays-Fridays AM continue to [[Luton railway station]]
▲*6tph to [[Orpington railway station|Orpington]], two of which continue to [[Sevenoaks railway station|Sevenoaks]]
 
On Sundays, the services between London Cannon Street and Orpington do not run.
 
From the December 2024 timetable change the off-peak service between London Victoria and Orpington will double to 4tph on Mondays to Fridays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables {{!}} Southeastern |url=https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/live-travel-information/timetables |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=www.southeasternrailway.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>
{{rail start}}▼
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{{rail line two routes|previous={{stnlnk|Bickley}}|next={{stnlnk|Orpington}}|route1=[[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]]<br><small>[[Chatham Main Line|South Bromley Line]]</small>|route2=[[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]]<br/><small>[[Thameslink (route)|Sevenoaks Line]]<br/>(Stopping Services)</small>|col1={{SE colour}}|col2={{TL colour}} }}
 
▲{{rail start}}
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==See also==
*[[Murder of Deborah Linsley]] – unsolved murder of a woman that occurred on a train travelling between Petts Wood and [[London Victoria]] in 1988
 
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[[Category:Railway stations in the London Borough of Bromley]]
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[[Category:Railway stations served by Southeastern]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway]]
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