Ladywell railway station

Ladywell
Ladywell Location of Ladywell in Greater London
Location	Ladywell
Local authority	Lewisham
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code(s)	LAD
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.319 million[2]
2020–21	0.352 million[2]
2021–22	0.741 million[2]
2022–23	0.918 million[2]
2023–24	1.126 million[2]
Key dates
1 January 1857	Opened
Listed status
Listed feature	Ladywell Station
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1246025[3]
Added to list	23 December 1998
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°27′22″N 0°01′09″W / 51.4562°N 0.0192°W / 51.4562; -0.0192
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Ladywell railway station is in Ladywell, in the London Borough of Lewisham in south east London, in Travelcard Zone 3. It is 6 miles 62 chains (10.9 km) measured from London Charing Cross.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. The Grade II station opened in 1857 and is in Ladywell Fields, adjacent to University Hospital, Lewisham.

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.^[4]

In September 1866 a spur was opened from the north end of Ladywell station to the recently opened main line (which avoided Lewisham Junction station) which it joins at Parks Bridge Junction.^[5]

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.^[6]

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 Ladywell became an SECR station.

Following the Railways Act 1921 (also known as the Grouping Act), Ladywell station became a Southern Railway station on 1 January 1923.

The Mid-Kent line was electrified with the (750 V DC third rail) system and electric services commenced on 28 February 1926. Early electric services were worked by early Southern Railway 3-car Electric Multiple Unit trains often built from old SECR carriages.

On 30 June 1929 colour light signalling was introduced north of Ladywell.^[7]

After World War II and following nationalisation on 1 January 1948, the station fell under the auspices of British Railways Southern Region.

Colour light signalling was introduced south of Ladywell (as far as New Beckenham) on 4 April 1971.^[8]

On 13 October 1996 operation of the passenger services passed to Connex South Eastern. Services were subsequently operated by South Eastern Trains, and Southeastern since 1 April 2006.

v t e Railways around Lewisham and Hither Green
Legend
South Eastern Main Line to Charing Cross South Eastern Main Line to Cannon Street via New Cross non-stop via London Bridge   Nunhead to Lewisham link to London Victoria St Johns Greenwich Park branch line to Greenwich Park Bakerloo line (proposed) to Elephant & Castle Docklands Light Railway to Bank–Monument or Stratford via New Cross Gate   Elverson Road Lewisham Bakerloo line (proposed) provision for extension to Hayes Blackheath Parks Bridge Junction North Kent Line to Gravesend Ladywell Bexleyheath line to Dartford via Bexleyheath Hayes line to Hayes via Catford Bridge Hither Green Hither Green TMD Lee Dartford Loop Line to Dartford via Sidcup South Eastern Main Line to Kent non-stop via Orpington South Eastern Main Line to Orpington (stopping services)

All services at Ladywell are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[9]

• 4 tph to London Charing Cross (2 of these run non-stop to and from London Bridge and 2 call at Lewisham)
• 4 tph to Hayes

On Sundays, the station is served by a half-hourly service between Hayes and London Charing Cross via Lewisham.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
London Bridge		Southeastern Hayes Line		Catford Bridge
Lewisham

London Buses routes 122, 284, 484 and P4 serve the station.^[10]

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