Bromley South

Now at platform level, the rest of the layout can be observed. The brick-built platform structures

are of LC&DR origin - the light brickwork and window frame designs being telltale signs - but the

canopies date from extensive station modification work for the 1959 Kent Coast Electrification.

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The land in the foreground of this view from 31st January 2006 was formerly host to a single-track

dock line, which terminated where the line of palisade fencing ends, just by the white van. Plans came

to light in the late 1990s to build over the whole station with office development, with the promise that

the platforms will not become another ''Birmingham New Street'' case. Thankfully, this never came to

fruition and this structurally interesting station still survives. David Glasspool

Eurostars appeared on the route from 1994 onwards, when international services commenced

to and from Waterloo International. On 27th February 2004, such a formation is seen heading

back to the terminus. David Glasspool

General Station Review

Originally opened: 5th July 1858

Level of originality: Nothing of 1858 vintage remains, but there is still evidence of the 1894 buildings, notably those structures on the platforms. Canopies replaced originals during Kent Coast Electrification of 1959.

General Condition: Brickwork has been spruced up nicely, but the canopy valances are now looking somewhat dreary.

Railway Companies:

• London Chatham & Dover Railway (1858 - 1898)

• South Eastern & Chatham Railway (1899 - 1922)

• Southern Railway (1923 - 1947)

• British Rail Southern Region (1948 - 1981)

• London & South East (1982 -1986)

• Network SouthEast (1986 - 1995)

• Connex South Eastern (1996 - 2003)

• South Eastern Trains (2004 - 2006)

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