New Cross Gate station
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| New Cross Gate | |||
| Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | New Cross | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Lewisham | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Southern | ||
| Platforms in use | 5 | ||
| National Rail | |||
| Station code | NXG | ||
| Annual entry/exit |
2.330 million * | ||
| Transport for London | |||
| Zone | 2 | ||
| Annual entry/exit | 2.992 million † | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1839 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| † Data from Transport for London [1] | |||
| * based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at this station. Disclaimer (PDF) | |||
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New Cross Gate station is a London Underground and railway station in New Cross. It is about 600 metres from New Cross station. It is in zone 2, and is a southern terminus of the East London Line. The next station north is Surrey Quays.
The station is operated by Southern trains. Overground trains run south to Caterham, London Victoria (on the South London Line), and West Croydon, and north to London Bridge, in approximately 5 minutes, and some trains continue to Charing Cross. The next stations on the overground railway are London Bridge to the north, and Brockley to the south.
England's railway boom of the 1830s led to two competing companies driving lines through the area. The first, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) established a station on the New Cross Road close to Hatcham in 1839. The second company, the South Eastern Railway (SER) established a second near Amersham Way in the heart of New Cross in 1849. Both companies called their stations "New Cross".
The confusing state of affairs was allowed to continue until the two companies were absorbed into the Southern Railway on the post-war grouping in 1923. To avoid confusion the Southern changed the name of the "Brighton" station - the one furthest away from New Cross - to "New Cross Gate", leaving the "South Eastern" station as "New Cross". And so it has remained ever since.
Although no recorded accidents have occurred at New Cross Gate Station, the Spa Road Junction rail crash did happen a short distance outside the station.
[edit] London Overground
The East London Line will close on 22 December 2007 and not reopen until June 2010. It will become part of the new London Overground system. The service was also closed between 1995 and 1998 due to repair work on the East London Line's tunnel under the River Thames.
The East London line extension will include a flyover north of New Cross Gate allowing trains to run through to West Croydon, plus the construction of a train servicing facility nearby.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for New Cross Gate station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of New Cross Gate station from Multimap.com
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toward Whitechapel
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East London Line | Terminus | ||
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| London Bridge | Southern Brighton Main Line |
Brockley | ||
| Railway stations of London Central area | Greater London |
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| Managed by Network Rail: Cannon Street • Charing Cross • Euston • Fenchurch Street • King's Cross • Liverpool Street • London Bridge • Paddington • Victoria • Waterloo |
| Managed by train operator: Blackfriars • Marylebone • Moorgate • St Pancras |
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