Deptford railway station

Deptford is a National Rail station in Deptford in London, England. It is on the Greenwich line, 3 miles 7 chains (5.0 km) down the line from London Bridge, and has staggered platforms on the London Bridge – Greenwich Railway Viaduct, a high brick viaduct on which the line runs at this point above Deptford High Street.

Deptford
Deptford Location of Deptford in Greater London
Location	Deptford
Local authority	London Borough of Lewisham
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code(s)	DEP
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.939 million[1]
2020–21	0.614 million[1]
2021–22	1.240 million[1]
2022–23	1.476 million[1]
2023–24	1.413 million[1]
Key dates
8 February 1836	Opening of temporary station
24 December 1838	New station building constructed
15 March 1915	Closed
19 July 1926	Reopened[2]
26 April 2012	New station building constructed
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.4788°N 0.0265°W / 51.4788; -0.0265
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It is in Travelcard zone 2.

History

Opened in 1836, Deptford station is the oldest railway station in London that is still in use.^[3][4] It came into existence when the London and Greenwich Railway opened its first section between Spa Road, Bermondsey, and Deptford on 8 February 1836, with an intermediate station at Southwark Park.^[3][4] The line was extended westwards to the new London Bridge Station on 14 December 1836 and eastwards to Greenwich on 24 December 1838.

Deptford station was closed between 1915 and 1926. The original station building was demolished by the Southern Railway and replaced by a newer building, which was demolished around 2011.

The replacement building was opened on Thursday 26 April 2012; this rebuild has made the station fully accessible. A second entry/exit is now open since the refurbishment of the old carriage ramp is now complete; this new entrance is located on Platform 1. There are two ticket machines in the station, one in the ticket hall and the other next to the carriage ramp entrance on Platform 1.

Services

Services at Deptford are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink using Class 376, 465, 466, 700 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[5]

• 2 tph to London Cannon Street
• 2 tph to Luton
• 2 tph to Barnehurst, returning to London Cannon Street via Bexleyheath and Lewisham
• 2 tph to Rainham via Chatham

Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street via Sidcup call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
London Bridge		Thameslink Greenwich Line		Greenwich
		Southeastern Greenwich Line
	Historical railways
Southwark Park		South Eastern and Chatham Railway Greenwich Line		Greenwich