Elmstead Woods railway station

Elmstead Woods National Rail
Interactive map of Elmstead Woods
General information
LocationElmstead
Local authorityLondon Borough of Bromley
Managed bySoutheastern
Station codeESD
DfT categoryD
Number of platforms4
Fare zone4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2020–21Decrease 0.242 million[1]
2021–22Increase 0.608 million[1]
2022–23Increase 0.781 million[1]
2023–24Increase 0.868 million[1]
2024–25Increase 0.927 million[1]
Key dates
1 July 1904Opened as Elmstead
1 October 1908[2]renamed Elmstead Woods
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°25′00″N 0°02′39″E / 51.4168°N 0.0441°E / 51.4168; 0.0441

Elmstead Woods railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line, serving the district of Elmstead in the London Borough of Bromley. It is 10 miles 21 chains (16.5 km) down the line from Charing Cross and is situated between Grove Park and Chislehurst stations.

It is in London fare zone 4, and the station and all trains are operated by Southeastern.

The station is named after Elmstead Wood.[3]

Services

All services at Elmstead Woods are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

On Sundays, the station is served by a half-hourly service between Sevenoaks and London Charing Cross via Lewisham.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southeastern

Connections

London Buses route 314 serve the station.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Table 1415: Time series of passenger entries, exits and interchanges by station, Great Britain, annual data, April 1997 to March 2025" (ODS). Office of Rail Regulation. 4 December 2025. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026. Note: Methodology may vary year-on-year.
  2. ↑ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
  3. ↑ Mills, D. (2000). Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.
  4. ↑ Table 204 National Rail timetable, December 2022