Trains at Beckenham Junction, SEML, 14/03/24

Beckenham Junction is the main railway and tram station in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley, south London. The railway stop is on the Chatham Main Line, 8 miles 53 chains (13.9 km) down the line from London Victoria and situated between Kent House and Shortlands. The tram stop is one of the eastern termini of Tramlink.
For train journeys, Beckenham Junction is in Travelcard Zone 4. Most trains that call are operated by Southeastern, but some Southern services also call.
Beckenham Junction has a total of 4 platforms (+ 2 for tramlink)
Platform 1
Platform 1 is a terminating bay platform and is used for Southern services from London Bridge via Tulse Hill and Crystal Palace.
Platforms 2 & 3
Platform 2 is used for Southeastern services to London Victoria via Herne Hill & Brixton. Platform 3 is for Southeastern services to Orpington via Bromley South. Fast trains to and from London Victoria (Chatham side) also pass these platforms.
Platform 4
This platform is another terminating bay linked with the spur to the Mid-Kent Line, and is occasionally used during engineering or other disruption.
Tramlink Platforms.
There are 2 Croydon Tramlink platforms outside the stations. They are both used for trams to and from Wimbledon via East Croydon, which terminate here.
The two platform Tramlink stop opened in 2000, with the rest of the route to the Croydon loop. The stop is outside the station, across the car park, beside the A2015 road, which avoids Beckenham town centre.
From December 2007, a significant upgrade to train services at Beckenham Junction took place, with an increase in frequency of the London Victoria to Orpington services (off peak) to every 15 mins. Until Section 2 of High Speed 1 opened in 2007 Eurostar services passed the station, but did not stop. In December 2010 Southern increased the number of evening services on Monday-Saturdays so that trains would run to London Bridge Station later into the evening.
The station was opened by the Mid-Kent Railway (MKR) on 1 January 1857 as the terminus of the line from Lewisham; it became a junction on 3 May 1858 when the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway Farnborough Extension line from Crystal Palace to Shortlands was opened. On 1 July 1863 the London Chatham & Dover Railway Metropolitan Extension from Beckenham to Victoria/Blackfriars completed the lines serving the station. In 1863 the MKR was taken over by the South Eastern Railway (SER) and thereafter the station was operated jointly by the LCDR and SER. Despite a partial rebuilding in 1890 the original MKR building is still in use as the main station offices and booking hall.
Duration of the video: 10:57 - 13:13
We’ll be seeing services by Southeastern, Southern and Tramlink in the time I spent at Beckenham Junction.
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I really enjoyed my time that was spent at Beckenham Junction especially with the amount of variety in the time I spent there plus it’s a station I don’t tend to visit either but I’m sure it’ll be worth revisiting at some point.
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My next station will be Bromley South just a few stops up the line from here never visited that particular station before but I’m sure it’ll be a great place to come to so until then thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.

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Very good mate