Английская Википедия:Bexley railway station
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Bexley railway station is in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London, in Travelcard Zone 6. It is Шаблон:Convert down the line from Шаблон:Stn. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.
Trains from the station run eastbound to Dartford and Gravesend and westbound to London Charing Cross via Lewisham.
It was the scene of the Bexley derailment in 1997 when a freight train derailed very near the station.
History
Bexley station was opened in September 1866. It had five sidings on the down side, to the west of the station building with a row of coal stacks. Farm produce formed much of the goods traffic in the station's early years, much of it grown in local fields. The station had an SER-designed two-storey timber signal box which came into use about twenty years after the station opened. In 1955 the platforms were extended to accommodate ten carriage trains. The goods sidings closed in 1963 and the signal box closed in 1970. The clapboard buildings of the original station are well preserved.[1][2]
The station will have a new footbridge and lifts added during 2023[3]
Bexley derailment
The Bexley derailment was an accident which occurred on 4 February 1997 when an eastbound EWS freight train derailed near to Bexley station on the Dartford Loop Line.[4] Railtrack plc, SEIMCL and STRCL were each convicted of various offences under section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 resulting in fines totalling £150,000 and £41,768. In his sentencing remarks, the judge said that it "was merciful that nobody was killed although four people were injured". The Inspectorate report describes it as "fortunate" that nobody was killed. The primary cause of the accident was found to be very poor track maintenance, contributed to by an overloaded wagon.
Location
Bexley station is at the heart of Bexley Town centre (known as Bexley Village).
Facilities
A subway links the two platforms. The station has ticket gates. There is a 259-space car park.
Services
All services at Bexley are operated by Southeastern using Шаблон:Brc, Шаблон:Brc, Шаблон:Brc and Шаблон:Brc EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]
- 4 tph to London Charing Cross (2 of these run non-stop from Шаблон:Stnlnk to Шаблон:Stn and 2 call at Шаблон:Stn)
- 4 tph to Шаблон:Stnlnk of which 2 continue to Шаблон:Stnlnk
During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly circular service to and from London Cannon Street via Шаблон:Stnlnk in the clockwise direction and Шаблон:Stn and Шаблон:Stn in the anticlockwise direction.
The station is served by a single early morning service to London Blackfriars.
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Connections
London Buses routes 132 and 229 and night route N21 serve the station.
References
External links
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Шаблон:Transport in London Шаблон:UK railway stations Шаблон:TSGN and SE Stations
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ London Suburban Railways - Lewisham to Dartford by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith (Middleton Press 1991)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Railway Accident at Bexley: A Report into the Derailment of a Freight Train at Bexley on the Dartford Loop line of Railtrack Southern Zone on 4 February 1997 Railways Archive; retrieved 21 April 2017
- ↑ Шаблон:NRtimes
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