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Petts Wood
Petts WoodLocation of Petts Wood in Greater London
Location	Petts Wood
Local authority	London Borough of Bromley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code(s)	PET
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	2.216 million
2020–21	0.399 million
2021–22	1.051 million
2022–23	1.392 million
2023–24	1.596 million
Key dates
9 July 1928	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°23′20″N 0°04′27″E / 51.3889°N 0.0742°E / 51.3889; 0.0742
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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-eastern Greater London. It is 12 miles 53 chains (20.4 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Chislehurst and Orpington stations. It is in 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 managed by 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 residential 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.

Connections

London Buses routes 208, 273, R3, R7 and night route N199 serve the station.

Services

Off peak, all services at Petts Wood are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 4 tph to London Victoria via Herne Hill
• 2 tph to London Charing Cross via Lewisham
• 2 tph to London Cannon Street
• 8 tph to Orpington of which 2 continue to Sevenoaks

Additional services, including a number of Thameslink services between Orpington, Kentish Town and Luton via Catford call at the station during the peak hours.

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 doubled to 4tph on Mondays to Fridays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chislehurst		SoutheasternGrove Park Line		Orpington
Bickley		SoutheasternBromley South Line
		ThameslinkCatford Loop LinePeak Hours Only

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

References

1. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Gwt, Andrew (24 March 2024). "Another South London station now has step-free access". RailAdvent. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
3. "Buses from Petts Wood" (PDF). TfL. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
4. Table 195, 196, 199, 204 National Rail timetable, December 2023
5. "Timetables | Southeastern". www.southeasternrailway.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

• Mitchell, V & Smith, K (1991). Southern Main Lines: Charing Cross to Orpington. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-96-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Train times and station information for Petts Wood railway station from National Rail

• Rail transport stations in London fare zone 5
• DfT Category C2 stations
• Railway stations in the London Borough of Bromley
• Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1928
• Railway stations served by Southeastern
• Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway