Forest Hill railway station

Coordinates: 51°26′20″N 0°03′11″W / 51.439°N 0.053°W / 51.439; -0.053
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For other places with the same name, see Forest Hill station (disambiguation).

Forest Hill London Overground National Rail
Forest Hill is located in Greater London
Forest Hill
Forest Hill
Location of Forest Hill in Greater London
LocationForest Hill
Local authorityLondon Borough of Lewisham
Managed byLondon Overground
OwnerNetwork Rail
Station codeFOH
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes
Fare zone3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 5.292 million[1]
2019–20Decrease 5.000 million[1]
2020–21Decrease 1.322 million[1]
2021–22Increase 2.947 million[1]
2022–23Increase 3.757 million[1]
Key dates
5 June 1839Opened as Dartmouth Arms
1845Renamed Forest Hill
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°26′20″N 0°03′11″W / 51.439°N 0.053°W / 51.439; -0.053
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Forest Hill railway station serves

A205 South Circular Road
.

The station is managed by

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.

History

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

Lordship Lane.[3][4]

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around the Brighton Main Line between South Croydon and Selhurst/Forest Hill, as well as surrounding lines

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

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 National Rail Following station
Sydenham
Preceding station London Overground Following station
Honor Oak Park
towards Highbury & Islington
 East London line Sydenham
towards Crystal Palace or West Croydon

Connections

356 serve the station.[8][9]

References

  1. ^
    Office of Rail Regulation
    . Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ISBN 0-7134-0275-X
    .
  3. ^ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
  4. ^ Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford
  5. ISBN 0-7134-1198-8
    .
  6. ^ Table 171, 177, 178 National Rail timetable, May 2022
  7. ^ "London Overground Timetable: Highbury & Islington to New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace and West Croydon" (PDF). London Overground. Retrieved 4 August 2022.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Forest Hill station/Dartmouth Road
  9. ^ Forest Hill Station/London Road – Bus

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