New Cross railway station

New Cross railway station, in New Cross, is a station for mainline trains. London Underground used to serve this station which closed for major engineering work to convert the East London Line to London Overground which reopened on 27 April 2010. The platforms are lettered A to D to differentiate them from those at New Cross Gate.

History
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. In 1849 the South Eastern Railway (SER) put its station about 600 metres further east along the New Cross Road in the heart of New Cross. Both stations were named "New Cross", creating a confusion which lasted 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. The station was extensively rebuilt in the 1970s. The original station buildings on the road bridge was replaced by the present buildings at the side. Platforms on the down and fast lines were closed and demolished. A new track layout was introduced.

Accidents

 * On 7 August 1899 a train hauled by "Terrier" No.59 Cheam collided with "Gladstone" No. 199 Samuel Laing after the driver overran signals approaching New Cross station. Fifteen people were injured.
 * The Spa Road Junction rail crash occurred a short distance outside the station.

Services
Main-line services are operated by Southeastern from or Charing Cross to north and mid Kent. The next stations are to the north and St Johns to the south.

The station it was formerly a southern terminus of London Underground East London Line, the next station being Surrey Quays. The terminal platform reopened as part of the London Overground network on 27 April 2010.

Northbound Southbound
 * 8tph to Cannon Street (Southeastern)
 * 4tph to Dalston Junction (London Overground)
 * 2tph to Hayes via Lewisham (Southeastern)
 * 2tph to Barnehurst via Bexleyheath (Southeastern)
 * 2tph to Cannon Street via Sidcup, Woolwich Arsenal & Greenwich (Southeastern)
 * 2tph to Orpington Monday - Saturday daytimes only (Southeastern)

''Note trains in the evenings (8pm onwards) and on Sundays terminate at Charing Cross instead of Cannon Street. Also Bexleyheath Line services are extended to Dartford and Sidcup Line services are also extended to Gravesend. A very limited amount of trains skip Lewisham and go directly to Hither Green via the Main Line''

London Overground
London Underground's East London Line closed on 22 December 2007 and reopened on 27 April 2010, becoming part of the London Overground network. The service was also closed between 1995 and 1998 due to repair work on the East London Line's Thames Tunnel.