Beckenham Junction railway station
Beckenham Junction  
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 Beckenham Junction
Location of Beckenham Junction in Greater London
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| Location | Beckenham |
| Local authority | London Borough of Bromley |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | BKJ |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 4 plus 2 Tramlink |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| Tramlink annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2009–10 | 0.735 million |
| 2010–11 | 0.784 million |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 2.626 million |
| – interchange |
 79,788 |
| 2012–13 |
2.677 million |
| – interchange |
70,513 |
| 2013–14 |
2.761 million |
| – interchange |
75,322 |
| 2014–15 |
2.794 million |
| – interchange |
88,470 |
| 2015–16 |
2.713 million |
| – interchange |
82,922 |
| Key dates | |
| 1 January 1857 | Opened (Terminus) |
| 7 July 1858 | Through station |
| 2000 | Tramlink opens |
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| WGS84 | 51°24′39″N 0°01′33″W / 51.4109°N 0.0257°WCoordinates: 51°24′39″N 0°01′33″W / 51.4109°N 0.0257°W |
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Beckenham Junction is a railway and tram station in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley, south London. The railway stop is on the Chatham Main Line, 8 miles 53 chains (13.9 km) down-line from London Victoria and situated between Kent House and Shortlands. The tram stop is the eastern terminus of London Tramlink route 2.
For train journeys, Beckenham Junction is in Travelcard Zone 4. Most trains that call are operated by Southeastern, but some Southern services also call.
The station was opened by the Mid-Kent Railway (MKR) on 1 January 1857 as the terminus of the line from Lewisham; it became a junction on 7 July 1858 when the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway Farnborough Extension line from Crystal Palace to Shortlands was opened. On 1 July 1863 the London Chatham & Dover Railway Metropolitan Extension from Beckenham to Victoria/Blackfriars completed the lines serving the station. In 1863 the MKR was taken over by the South Eastern Railway (SER) and thereafter the station was operated jointly by the LCDR and SER. Despite a partial rebuilding in 1890 the original MKR building is still in use as the main station offices and booking hall.
From December 2007, a significant upgrade to train services at Beckenham Junction took place, with an increase in frequency of the London Victoria to Orpington services (off peak) to every 15 mins. Until Section 2 of High Speed 1 opened in 2007 Eurostar services passed the station, but did not stop. In December 2010 Southern increased the number of evening services on Monday-Saturdays so that trains would run to London Bridge Station later into the evening.
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