Catford railway station

Not to be confused with Catford Bridge railway station.

Catford
Catford Location of Catford in Greater London
Location	Catford
Local authority	London Borough of Lewisham
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	CTF
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
OSI	Catford Bridge
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	1.055 million
2008–09	0.985 million
2009–10	0.906 million
2010–11	0.935 million
2011–12	0.956 million
— interchange	65,978
2012–13	0.944 million
— interchange	71,847
2013–14	1.069 million
— interchange	73,567
2014–15	1.157 million
— interchange	82,967
Key dates
1 July 1892	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portal

Catford railway station is one of two stations serving the London suburb of Catford. Mainly used by commuters, it is in Travelcard Zone 3 and is on the Catford Loop Line, between Crofton Park and Bellingham. It is served mainly by Thameslink trains between West Hampstead Thameslink, London Blackfriars and Sevenoaks. Connections to London Victoria are available at Peckham Rye.

It is adjacent to, and on a higher level than, Catford Bridge railway station on the Mid-Kent Line. The two stations are separated by the site of the former Catford Stadium. Interchange on one ticket is allowed between the two stations.

There is only a small shelter, a ticket machine, a few lamp-posts and a stairway on each of the two otherwise bare platforms, unlike the more ornate Catford Bridge station, which has retained most of its original architecture. Each platform has customer information screens.

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

• On weekdays until 9pm, 2 trains per hour (tph) to West Hampstead Thameslink calling at all stations via Peckham Rye and St Pancras International. Some peak time trains continue to Bedford. After 9pm and at weekends, northbound trains terminate at London Blackfriars.
• 2tph to Sevenoaks via Bromley South and Swanley.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Crofton Park		Thameslink Sevenoaks Line		Bellingham

In the media

The second episode of the 1979 London Weekend Television comedy series End of Part One includes the main characters watching a film called "The Life of Christopher Columbus". In the film, Columbus goes to a tube station and asks for a train to America, but is told he can only go as far as Catford. Part of a modified tube map is shown with the fictitious tube stations Lewisham, Ladywell, Edge of the World and Catford on the East London Section of the Metropolitan line south from New Cross tube station. This is based on the main line railway line serving Catford Bridge railway station.

Connections

London Buses routes 124, 181, 202 and 284 and night route N171 serve the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Catford railway station from National Rail