Elmers End railway station
Elmers End  
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 Elmers End
Location of Elmers End in Greater London
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| Location | Elmers End |
| Local authority | Bromley |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | ELE |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 3 (2 for National Rail; 1 for Tramlink) |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| Tramlink annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2009–10 | 0.451 million |
| 2010–11 | 0.501 million |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 1.049 million |
| 2012–13 |
1.063 million |
| 2013–14 |
1.108 million |
| 2014–15 |
1.179 million |
| 2015–16 |
 1.169 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1 April 1864 | Opened |
| 29 May 1882 | Hayes branch opens |
| 13 May 1983 | WSCR closes |
| 31 May 1997 | Addiscombe Line closes |
| 29 May 2000 | Tramlink services began |
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| WGS84 | 51°23′52″N 0°03′00″W / 51.3978°N 0.0499°WCoordinates: 51°23′52″N 0°03′00″W / 51.3978°N 0.0499°W |
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Elmers End is a railway station and tram terminus in Elmers End, south London, England. It is in the London Borough of Bromley, and Travelcard Zone 4 17 km (11 mi) south of London Charing Cross.
The railway through Elmers End was opened by the South Eastern Railway on 1 April 1864 as an extension of the Mid-Kent Line from New Beckenham to Addiscombe; there was a branch, opened on 29 May 1882 to Hayes at this station. The portion of the line to Addiscombe, which was originally named Croydon (Addiscombe Road), was closed in 1997 when Tramlink took over much of the trackbed from Elmers End.
The Hayes line service on the suburban commuter railway line between Hayes and London Charing Cross through Elmers End is still in use. The station is on Elmers End Road (A214), at the south-east corner of South Norwood Country Park.
One former railway platform is now the terminus for Tramlink routes 1 and 4 to central Croydon.
The Mid Kent line was built by the Mid-Kent and North Kent Junction Railway (MK&NKJR) and was opened on 1 January 1857 as far as Beckenham Junction. From opening the line was worked by the South Eastern Railway (SER). Seven years later the MK&NKJR built an extension from a new junction station at New Beckenham to Croydon (Addiscombe Road) with an intermediate station at Elmers End, which again was operated by the SER from opening. The station was occupied in what was then a rural area with scattered farm houses and hamlets. The station building was located on the down side whilst a goods yard was provided on the up side.
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