New Beckenham railway station
New Beckenham 
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 New Beckenham
Location of New Beckenham in Greater London
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| Location | New Beckenham |
| Local authority | Bromley |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | NBC |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.830 million |
| 2012–13 |
 0.800 million |
| 2013–14 |
 0.815 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.817 million |
| 2015–16 |
0.799 million |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Mid-Kent Railway |
| Pre-grouping | South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 April 1864 | Opened |
| 1866 | Resited north |
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| WGS84 | 51°24′59″N 0°02′05″W / 51.4164°N 0.0348°WCoordinates: 51°24′59″N 0°02′05″W / 51.4164°N 0.0348°W |
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New Beckenham railway station serves Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley in south east London, in Travelcard Zone 4. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.
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 (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. This first short-lived station was located immediately south of the junction and may have had platforms on the 1857 and 1864 lines. Two years later in October 1866 the current station built just north of the junction was opened.
Between 1870 and 1880 new spacious villas were laid out on the Cator estate attracting new business to the railway. The Elmers End – Hayes section was built by the West Wickham & Hayes Railway, but was sold to the South Eastern Railway on opening day, 29 May 1882.
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 New Beckenham became an SECR station.
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