Ladywell railway station
Ladywell 
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 Ladywell
Location of Ladywell in Greater London
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| Location | Ladywell |
| Local authority | Lewisham |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | LAD |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.942 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.973 million |
| 2013–14 |
1.052 million |
| 2014–15 |
1.122 million |
| 2015–16 |
1.323 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1 January 1857 | Opened |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Ladywell Station |
| Listing grade | II |
| Entry number | 1246025 |
| Added to list | 23 December 1998 |
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| WGS84 | 51°27′22″N 0°01′09″W / 51.4562°N 0.0192°WCoordinates: 51°27′22″N 0°01′09″W / 51.4562°N 0.0192°W |
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Ladywell railway station is in Ladywell, in the London Borough of Lewisham in south east London, in Travelcard Zone 3. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. The Grade II station opened in 1857 and is in Ladywell Fields, adjacent to University Hospital, Lewisham.
The Mid Kent Railway 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 (although it was not technically a junction as the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway’s line did not open until 3 May 1858). 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) which again was operated by the SER.
In September 1866 a spur was opened from the north end of Ladywell station to the recently opened main line (which avoided Lewisham Junction station) which it joins at Parks Bridge Junction.
Almost all services from the station have terminated at Charing Cross or Cannon Street stations but between 1880 and 1884 a service worked between Croydon (Addiscombe Road) calling all stations to New Cross and then via a connection to the East London Line and terminating at Liverpool Street station.
In 1898 the South Eastern Railway and its bitter rivals the London Chatham and Dover Railway agreed to work as one railway company under the name of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and Ladywell became an SECR station.
Following the Railways Act 1921 (also known as the Grouping Act), Ladywell station became a Southern Railway station on 1 January 1923.
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