Bexley station

Bexley
Bexley Location of Bexley in Greater London
Location	Bexley
Local authority	London Borough of Bexley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	BXY
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	1.175 million
2012–13	1.215 million
2013–14	1.301 million
2014–15	1.391 million
2015–16	1.177 million
Key dates
1 September 1866	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°26′25″N 0°08′52″E / 51.4403°N 0.1479°E / 51.4403; 0.1479Coordinates: 51°26′25″N 0°08′52″E / 51.4403°N 0.1479°E / 51.4403; 0.1479

Bexley railway station is in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London, in Travelcard Zone 6. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.

Trains from the station run eastbound to Dartford, Gravesend and to London Cannon Street via Slade Green, and westbound to Cannon Street and London Charing Cross via Lewisham.

Bexley was the scene of the Bexley derailment in 1997 when a freight train derailed very near the station.

Bexley station was opened in September 1866. It had five sidings on the down side, to the west of the station building with a row of coal stacks. Farm produce formed much of the goods traffic in the station's early years, much of it grown in local fields. The station had an SER-designed two-storey timber signal box which came into use about twenty years after the station opened. In 1955 the platforms were extended to accommodate ten carriage trains. The goods sidings closed in 1963 and the signal box closed in 1970. The clapboard buildings of the original station are well preserved.

The Bexley derailment was an accident which occurred on 4 February 1997 when an eastbound EWS freight train derailed near to Bexley station on the Dartford Loop Line. Railtrack plc, SEIMCL and STRCL were each convicted of various offences under section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 resulting in fines totalling £150,000 and £41,768. In his sentencing remarks, the judge said that it "was merciful that nobody was killed although four people were injured". The Inspectorate report describes it as "fortunate" that nobody was killed. The primary cause of the accident was found to be very poor track maintenance, contributed to by an overloaded wagon.

Bexley station is at the heart of Bexley Town centre (known as Bexley Village).