St Johns railway station
St Johns 
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 St Johns
Location of St Johns in Greater London
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| Location | St Johns |
| Local authority | London Borough of Lewisham |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | SAJ |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.696 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.714 million |
| 2013–14 |
0.789 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.867 million |
| 2015–16 |
0.941 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1 June 1873 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°28′09″N 0°01′21″W / 51.4691°N 0.0225°WCoordinates: 51°28′09″N 0°01′21″W / 51.4691°N 0.0225°W |
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St Johns railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in the United Kingdom, located in the London Borough of Lewisham, in south-east London. It is 5 miles 47 chains (9.0 km) down-line from London Charing Cross and is situated between New Cross and Lewisham.
Although the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened a two-track railway (the North Kent Railway) through the site of St Johns (although the church that gave the station its name was not built until 1855) in 1849, and two further tracks were added in 1864, the station was opened on 1 June 1873. The SER was at that time engaged in a bitter feud with the London Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) who opened a station (adjacent to the church) called Lewisham Road as part of the initial section of the Greenwich Park branch in 1871 and this, coupled with the development of the area, may have been a factor in the building of the station.
On 21 March 1898, two trains collided in thick fog, killing three people, when a signaller allowed a train to enter the station while another train was at the platform.
In 1899 the South Eastern Railway and the London Chatham and Dover Railway agreed to work as one railway company under the name of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway.
In 1906 an additional two lines were added south of St Johns towards Hither Green with a new junction located immediately south of the station. In addition to the existing signal box which was located on the north end of the platform s second box was provided between the North Kent lines and main lines close to the new junction.
Following the Railways Act 1921 (also known as the Grouping Act), St Johns became a Southern Railway station on 1 January 1923.
The main line was electrified in February 1926 for the operation of electric services to Cannon Street or Charing Cross to Orpington. and was electrified with the (750 V DC third rail) system. The following year the bridge carrying the Greenwich Park Branch which closed in 1917 was removed in anticipation of the opening of the Nunhead- Lewisham line which saw a new bridge provided and the line opening in 1929. The two signal boxes at St Johns were closed and a new box opened just south of the station on the east side of the line.
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