Mottingham railway station
Mottingham 
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 Mottingham
Location of Mottingham in Greater London
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| Location | Eltham |
| Local authority | Royal Borough of Greenwich |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | MTG |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 1.128 million |
| 2012–13 |
 1.102 million |
| 2013–14 |
1.177 million |
| 2014–15 |
1.233 million |
| 2015–16 |
1.369 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1866 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°26′24″N 0°03′01″E / 51.4401°N 0.0504°ECoordinates: 51°26′24″N 0°03′01″E / 51.4401°N 0.0504°E |
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Mottingham railway station is a suburban station situated on Court Road between Eltham and Mottingham, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, south-east London. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 4, on the Dartford Loop Line between Lee and New Eltham. The station is operated by Southeastern.
The station was first opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1866 as Eltham for Mottingham. In 1892 it was renamed Eltham & Mottingham. In 1927 it became Mottingham.
The goods yard on the down side to the west of the platforms included a large coal office. A footbridge linking the two platforms was opened in the 1890s. Half a dozen sidings used for rolling stock were built around 1900 on the down side opposite the goods yard.
A three-storey high substation was built next to the station when the Dartford Loop Line was electrified in 1926. The substation was demolished in 1957 later to be replaced by more powerful substations at New Eltham and Hither Green.
On 19 March 1946 the station was the location of a fatal accident when an electric passenger train collided with a stationary light engine that was waiting to move into the sidings. The driver of the passenger train was killed and 13 passengers injured.
In 1955 the platforms were lengthened to take ten carriage trains. The goods yard closed and five of the six rolling stock sidings were decommissioned in 1968. The signal box closed the following year. In 1992 the platforms were lengthened again and in 2012 the platforms are again being extended to take twelve carriage trains.
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