Trains to Eltham - Station Details and further Information on Eltham Train Services
Eltham train station is a train station in Eltham, in the London Borough of Greenwich and on the Bexleyheath Line. The station and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. It is in Travelcard Zone 4.
There were formerly two train stations in Eltham on the Bexleyheath Line:
Eltham Well Hall (originally just Well Hall) approximately 4 miles east of Lewisham, in Well Hall Road.
Eltham Park a few hundred yards further east, in Westmount Road.
Eltham Well Hall opened on 1 May 1895 and Eltham Park opened 1 May 1908: the Bexleyheath Line was the final of the three lines from London to Dartford. It was built by the Bexley Heath Railway, which soon became bankrupt: services were then taken over by the South Eastern Railway. The two stations lay between Kidbrooke and Falconwood.
When the new Rochester Way (part of the A2) was opened, both stations were closed, and one station, Eltham train station, took their place on 16 March 1985. That station is located on a raft over the main road, and is part of a bus/rail interchange. The platforms and buildings of the disused Eltham Park station still survive. There is no trace of Eltham Well Hall station the site of which is where the A2 passes under the railway. |