New Cross railway station
New Cross  
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Entrance to New Cross station
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 New Cross
Location of New Cross in Greater London
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| Location | New Cross |
| Local authority | London Borough of Lewisham |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | NWX |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| OSI | New Cross Gate |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 2.345 million |
| 2012–13 |
2.480 million |
| 2013–14 |
2.631 million |
| 2014–15 |
3.019 million |
| 2015–16 |
3.445 million |
| Key dates | |
| October 1850 | Opened |
| October 1850 | East London Line opened |
| 22 December 2007 | London Underground services discontinued |
| 27 April 2010 | East London Line reopened |
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| WGS84 | 51°28′36″N 0°01′58″W / 51.4766°N 0.0327°WCoordinates: 51°28′36″N 0°01′58″W / 51.4766°N 0.0327°W |
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New Cross railway station is a railway station in New Cross, London, England, and is in London Travelcard Zone 2. The platforms are lettered rather than numbered to avoid confusion with those at New Cross Gate by staff who work at both stations. Platform D is used exclusively by London Overground services. Ticket barriers control access to all platforms.
In the early Victorian railway boom two companies constructed lines through the area. The London and Croydon Railway (L&CR) built a station on the New Cross Road close to Hatcham in 1839. On 30 July 1849 the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened a station at North Kent Junction when the North Kent line opened linking Strood with the London and Greenwich Railway route to London Bridge. This station proved inconvenient so a new station called New Cross & Naval School was opened by the SER in October 1850 located adjacent to the New Cross Road in the heart of New Cross. In 1854 the station was renamed New Cross. Accordingly both the South Eastern Railway (SER) and the London Brighton & South Coast Railway had stations named New Cross which caused confusion until the two companies were absorbed under the 1923 grouping into the Southern Railway and the name of the older station was changed to New Cross Gate; the ex-South Eastern station remained New Cross.
On 7 December 1869 the East London Line opened serving the LBSCR New Cross station but it was not until 1 April 1880 that services (which started at Addiscombe and worked through to Liverpool Street) started operation via New Cross SER. Freight trains also operated via the East London Line and were hauled by Great Eastern Railway locomotives through to Hither Green Goods Yards. From 30 June 1911 East London Line passenger services south of New Cross ceased.
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