Petts Wood
Petts Wood Location of Petts Wood in Greater London
Location	Petts Wood
Local authority	London Borough of Bromley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	PET
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	2.339 million[1]
2019–20	2.216 million[1]
2020–21	0.399 million[1]
2021–22	1.051 million[1]
2022–23	1.392 million[1]
Key dates
9 July 1928	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°23′20″N 0°04′27″E / 51.3889°N 0.0742°E / 51.3889; 0.0742
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Petts Wood railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line, serving Petts Wood in the London Borough of Bromley, south-eastern Greater London. It is 12 miles 53 chains (20.4 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Chislehurst and Orpington stations. It is in Travelcard zone 5.

It has four platform faces on islands located between the slow and fast pairs of tracks. To the north of the station is Petts Wood Junction, where the up (London-bound) and down (country-bound) loop lines link the lines from Charing Cross and Victoria. The station is managed by Southeastern. There is a waiting room serving the two slow lines. The booking office, Oystercard readers, and ticket machines are all situated at footbridge level; this footbridge is always open to non-passengers.

History

The station was built on the main line to the north of Orpington and opened on 9 July 1928, initially as a single island platform, with the first tickets printed showing the name as Pett's Wood. The residential areas now surrounding it developed from that date: now the railway divides Petts Wood East and Petts Wood West.

Connections

London Buses routes 208, 273, R3, R7 and night route N199 serve the station.^[2]

Services

Off peak, all services at Petts Wood are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

• 2 tph to London Charing Cross (non-stop from Lewisham to London Bridge)
• 2 tph to London Cannon Street (all stations except Lewisham)
• 2 tph to London Victoria via Herne Hill
• 6 tph to Orpington of which 2 continue to Sevenoaks

During the peak hours, the station is also served by a number of trains between Orpington, Kentish Town and Luton via Catford which are operated by Thameslink.

On Sundays, the services between Orpington and London Cannon Street do not run.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chislehurst		Southeastern Grove Park Line		Orpington
Bickley		Southeastern Bromley South Line
		Thameslink Kentish Town to Orpington Peak Hours Only

See also

• Murder of Deborah Linsley – unsolved murder of a woman that occurred on a train travelling between Petts Wood and London Victoria in 1988

References

• Mitchell, V & Smith, K (1991). Southern Main Lines: Charing Cross to Orpington. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-96-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petts Wood railway station.

• Train times and station information for Petts Wood railway station from National Rail