New Cross Gate station
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| Location | |||
| Place | New Cross | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Lewisham | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | NXG | ||
| Managed by | Southern | ||
| Platforms in use | 5 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 2.330 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 2.352 million | ||
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| Zone | 2 | ||
| Annual usage | 2.997 million † | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 5 June 1839 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| † Data from Transport for London [1] | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at New Cross Gate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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New Cross Gate station is a railway station in New Cross. It is about 600 metres west of New Cross station. It is in zone 2, and used to serve the East London Line until it closed.
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.
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[edit] History
England's railway boom of the 1830s led to two competing companies driving lines through the area. The first, the London and Croydon Railway 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.
New Cross Gate was intended to be taken over by the Jubilee Line, then the Fleet Line, up to Stanmore, Wembley Park and Fenchurch Street but this never materialized.
[edit] London Overground
The East London Line closed on 22 December 2007 and will 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
[edit] Gallery
 East London line (on extreme left) and slow "down" (country-bound) platforms, prior to closure and refurbishment of the East London line |
 Looking south (country-bound) |
 Looking north (London-bound) |
 Looking north from footbridge connecting to concourse. |
 Historic image of New Cross Gate Station from 1989. |
[edit] Services
| Preceding station |  London Underground |
Following station | ||
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towards Shoreditch
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East London line (bus replacement service until 2010) |
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| London Bridge | Southern Brighton Main Line |
Brockley | ||
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Surrey Quays | London Overground East London Railway |
Brockley | ||
| London Bridge | Southern Brighton Main Line |
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[edit] Abandoned Plans
| Preceding station | London Underground |
Following station | ||
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| Surrey Docks (Surrey Quays) | Jubilee Line Phase 2 (Never completed) |
Terminus |
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