Maze Hill railway station

Maze Hill
Maze Hill Location of Maze Hill in Greater London
Location	Maze Hill
Local authority	Greenwich
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	MZH
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	0.918 million
2012–13	0.935 million
2013–14	0.968 million
2014–15	1.025 million
2015–16	1.007 million
Key dates
1 January 1873	Opened as Greenwich (Maze Hill) - terminus station
1 February 1878	renamed Maze Hill & East Greenwich and became through station
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WGS84	51°28′57″N 0°00′11″E / 51.4826°N 0.0030°E / 51.4826; 0.0030Coordinates: 51°28′57″N 0°00′11″E / 51.4826°N 0.0030°E / 51.4826; 0.0030

Maze Hill railway station, in the Maze Hill area of Greenwich, London, is the closest railway station to Greenwich Park, being about two minutes walk from the north-east corner of the park.

Maze Hill station opened in 1873 by the South Eastern Railway (SER) and for five years functioned as a terminus on a line linked to the North Kent Line just west of Charlton. On 1 February 1878 a cut-and-cover tunnel link between Greenwich and Maze Hill was opened, completing a through line from the original London and Greenwich Railway to the North Kent Line.

In 1899 the SER handed over its operations to a new organisation co-owned with the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR), which traded as the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR); the line and station continued to be owned and maintained by the SER.

In the 1923 Grouping, the SER and LCDR amalgamated with other railways to form the Southern Railway (SR). Three years later in 1926 the line through Maze Hill was electrified using the 750 V DC third rail system. A limited electric service started on 10 May with a full electric service being operated from 19 July.

In 1948 following nationalisation the station became part of British Railways (Southern Region).

On 4 July 1958 there was a collision between two trains at Maze Hill. The 09.41 electric passenger train from Gravesend Central to Charing Cross ran past the Up Home signal at danger and collided head-on with a nine-coach empty steam passenger stock train which was being shunted slowly from the Up Sidings across the Up line towards the Down line. The accident occurred as the empty train was entering the crossover leading from the Up to the Down line. The passenger train was approaching the station at about 40 mph when the motorman (driver), who had failed to observe the home signal, saw the obstruction ahead and applied the brakes. His action was too late to be effective and the collision occurred at a speed of about 25 mph. Forty-three people were injured although none seriously.