New Cross Gate railway station
New Cross Gate  
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Station entrance on New Cross Road
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 New Cross Gate
Location of New Cross Gate in Greater London
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| Location | New Cross |
| Local authority | London Borough of Lewisham |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | NXG |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| OSI | New Cross |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 4.009 million |
| 2012–13 |
4.369 million |
| 2013–14 |
 4.328 million |
| – interchange | 1.419 million |
| 2014–15 |
4.365 million |
| – interchange |
0.801 million |
| 2015–16 |
6.025 million |
| – interchange |
0.927 million |
| Key dates | |
| 5 June 1839 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°28′32″N 0°02′25″W / 51.4755°N 0.0402°WCoordinates: 51°28′32″N 0°02′25″W / 51.4755°N 0.0402°W |
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New Cross Gate station is a railway station in New Cross, London, on the Brighton Main Line and the London Overground. It is about 600 metres west of New Cross station. It is in Travelcard Zone 2, and is operated by London Overground.
England's railway boom of the 1830s led to two competing companies driving lines through the area. The first, the London and Croydon Railway (L&CR), established a station on New Cross Road close to Hatcham in 1839. The second, the South Eastern Railway (SER), established a station near Amersham Way in the heart of New Cross in 1849. After both stations came under the ownership of the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923 the former L&CR station was renamed New Cross Gate on 9 July 1923.
During the 19th century, New Cross (Gate) became an important junction where the South London Line, the East London Line, and the Bricklayers Arms Line diverged from the Brighton Main Line to London Bridge.
The original station was officially opened on 1 June 1839 by the London and Croydon Railway. and became fully operational on 5 June 1839. It was intended to become the main freight depot and locomotive workshop for the company. In July 1841 the line (but not the station) was also used by the London and Brighton Railway. The London and Croydon and London and Brighton companies merged to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) in July 1846. Between February and May 1847 the station at New Cross was the northern terminus of the atmospheric propulsion system introduced by the L&CR, but in the latter month the system was abandoned by the new company.
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