New Cross railway station

National Rail station in London, England

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New Cross

Entrance to New Cross station

New Cross

Location of New Cross in Greater London

Location| New Cross
Local authority| London Borough of Lewisham
Managed by| Southeastern
Owner| Network Rail
Station code(s)| NWX
DfT category| C2
Number of platforms| 4
Accessible| Yes[1]
Fare zone| 2
OSI| New Cross Gate [2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20|  4.877 million[3]
– interchange|  0.827 million[3]
2020–21|  0.903 million[3]
– interchange|  0.174 million[3]
2021–22|  2.492 million[3]
– interchange|  0.451 million[3]
2022–23|  3.071 million[3]
– interchange|  4.609 million[3]
2023–24|  3.146 million[3]
– interchange|  0.768 million[3]
Key dates
October 1850| Opened
October 1850| East London Line opened
22 December 2007| London Underground services discontinued
27 April 2010| East London line reopened
Other information
External links|

* Departures
* Facilities

Coordinates| 51°28′36″N 0°01′58″W﻿ / ﻿51.4766°N 0.0327°W﻿ / 51.4766; -0.0327
London transport portal

New Cross is an interchange station between the Windrush line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southeastern, located in New Cross in south-east London. It is 4 miles 68 chains (7.8 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is in London fare zone 2. It is a southern terminus of some Windrush line services from Dalston Junction.

There is an out-of-station interchange with New Cross Gate station, also situated on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located 620 metres (2,030 ft) walk away. To avoid confusion with those at New Cross Gate, the platforms at New Cross are lettered rather than numbered. Ticket barriers control access to all platforms.

## History

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A 1908 Railway Clearing House map showing lines around New Cross (lower right, indicated "S.E.& C.")

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The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024

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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.

On 14 October 1844 a large fire that broke out in a paint shop destroyed carriage and engine sheds and workshops adjacent to the station. The fire was witnessed by Louis Philippe I, King of France who was travelling from the station to Dover.[4]

On 30 July 1849 the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened a station at North Kent Junction when the North Kent line opened linking Strood with the London and Greenwich Railway route to London Bridge.[5][6] This station proved inconvenient so a new station called New Cross & Naval School[5] was opened by the SER in October 1850 located adjacent to the New Cross Road in the heart of New Cross. In 1854 the station was renamed New Cross. Accordingly, both the South Eastern Railway (SER) and the London Brighton & South Coast Railway had stations named New Cross which caused confusion 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.

On 7 December 1869 the East London Line opened serving the LBSCR New Cross station but it was not until 1 April 1880 that services (which started at Addiscombe and worked through to Liverpool Street) started operation via New Cross SER. Freight trains also operated via the East London Line and were hauled by Great Eastern Railway locomotives through to Hither Green Goods Yards. From 30 June 1911 East London Line passenger services south of New Cross ceased.

On 31 March 1913 electric passenger services operated by the Metropolitan Railway started operation from New Cross and worked through to Kensington Addison Road via Kings Cross.[7]

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

The East London Line was closed to goods traffic in 1962.

In the 1950s and 1960s, London Underground planned a new line connecting north-west and south-east London. Approval for the first stage of the Fleet line (renamed the Jubilee line in 1975) to Charing Cross was granted in 1969,[8] with second and third stages approved in 1971 and 1972.[9] New Cross station was to be the penultimate station of phase 3 running to Lewisham. Southbound trains were to serve one of the existing platforms and northbound trains would have served a new platform in tunnel beneath the station.[9] Although phases 2 and 3 were not carried out due to a lack of funds, a 200-yard (180 m) section of the northbound tunnel was constructed near New Cross in 1972 to test new tunnelling techniques.[10]

The station was rebuilt in the 1970s and the original station buildings on the road bridge were replaced in 1975 by a wooden building which opened in Amersham Vale. Platforms on the down and up fast lines were closed and demolished and a new track layout was introduced at this time in connection with the wider London Bridge re-signaling scheme.[11]

In 1985, the present buildings in Amersham Vale opened.[12]

Until 22 December 2007 London Underground used to serve this station as the southern terminus to their East London line. This closed for major engineering work to convert the East London line to standard 750 V third rail electrification. The line reopened on 27 April 2010 with services now operated by London Overground using Class 378 Capitalstar units.

## Carriage Shed

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A 6 siding carriage shed was located just north of the station. Built by the East London Railway the shed was leased by the Metropolitan Railway and continued in service until the line closed in 2007. When the line re-opened the new Capitalstar units were maintained at a new depot at New Cross Gate.[13]

## Services

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New Cross is a southern terminus of the Windrush line of the London Overground, with services operated using Class 378 EMUs. Additional services at the station are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[14][15]

* 6 tph to London Cannon Street
* 2 tph to Orpington via Grove Park
* 2 tph to Dartford via Woolwich Arsenal
* 2 tph to Slade Green via Bexleyheath, continuing to London Cannon Street via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich
* 4 tph to Dalston Junction via Surrey Quays (Windrush line)

Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street via Sidcup call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

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Grove Park Line

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St Johns

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North Kent Line

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Dartford Loop Line

Peak Hours Only

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Surrey Quays

towards Dalston Junction

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Surrey Quays

towards Shoreditch

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Surrey Docks

towards Stanmore

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Phase 3 (never constructed)

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Terminus

## Gallery

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* Class 378 terminating and Class 376 at New Cross after the line reopened and officially joined the LO Network.

* A60/62 Stock train terminating at New Cross in 2006 before the line was temporarily closed to incorporate the line into the LO Network.

## Connections

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London Buses routes 53, 177, 225, 453 and night routes N53 and N89 serve the station.[16][17]

## Accidents

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* The Spa Road Junction rail crash occurred outside the station on 8 January 1999.
* On 10 January 2022, a passenger train ran into the buffer stop at New Cross.[18]

## References

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1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
2. ^ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
4. ^ "Destructive Fire at New Cross Railway Station". Illustrated London News. 19 October 1844. p. 253. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
5. ^ a b Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
6. ^ Londons Disused Stations Volume 4 by J.E.Connor
7. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1996). East London Line. Midhurst, UK: Middleton Press. p. 5\. ISBN 1-873793-80-4.
8. ^ Horne, Mike (2000). The Jubilee Line. Capital Transport. pp. 28–34\. ISBN 1-85414-220-8.
9. ^ a b Horne, Mike (2000). The Jubilee Line. Capital Transport. p. 36\. ISBN 1-85414-220-8.
10. ^ Horne, Mike (2000). The Jubilee Line. Capital Transport. p. 37\. ISBN 1-85414-220-8.
11. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1996). East London Line. Midhurst, UK: Middleton Press. p. 60\. ISBN 1-873793-80-4.
12. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1996). East London Line. Midhurst, UK: Middleton Press. p. 64\. ISBN 1-873793-80-4.
13. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1996). East London Line. Midhurst, UK: Middleton Press. p. 65\. ISBN 1-873793-80-4.
14. ^ Table 199, 200, 203, 204 National Rail timetable, June 2024
15. ^ "London Overground Timetable: Highbury & Islington to New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace and West Croydon" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
16. ^ "Buses from New Cross" (PDF). TfL. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
17. ^ "Night buses from New Cross" (PDF). TfL. June 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
18. ^ "Buffer stop collision at Enfield Town station 12 October 2021" (PDF). Para 105: Rail Accidents Investigation Branch. Retrieved 6 July 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: location (link)

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Cross railway station.

* Train times and station information for New Cross railway station from National Rail

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Network

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* Liberty line
* Lioness line
* Mildmay line
* Suffragette line
* Weaver line
* Windrush line

| Windrush line|

* Highbury & Islington
* Canonbury
* Dalston Junction
* Haggerston
* Hoxton
* Shoreditch High Street
* Whitechapel
* Shadwell
* Wapping
* Rotherhithe
* Canada Water
* Surrey Quays
* New Cross
* Queens Road Peckham
* Peckham Rye
* Denmark Hill
* Clapham High Street
* Wandsworth Road
* (Battersea Park )
* Clapham Junction
* New Cross Gate
* Brockley
* Honor Oak Park
* Forest Hill
* Sydenham
* Crystal Palace
* Penge West
* Anerley
* Norwood Junction
* West Croydon

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Items in parentheses have a limited service.

Railway lines|

* East London line
* Gospel Oak to Barking line
* Lea Valley lines
* North London line
* Romford–Upminster line
* South London line
* Watford DC line
* West London line

Other topics

| Future plans|

| Planned and proposed stations|

* Brent Cross West
* Castle Green
* Thamesmead
* Abbey Wood
* East Brixton
* Maiden Lane
* Junction Road
* Surrey Canal
* Old Oak Common Lane
* Hythe Road
* Primrose Hill

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Planned and proposed routes|

* R25 (London)
* West London Orbital

Rolling stock|

| Current|

* Class 378
* Class 710

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Former|

* Class 150
* Class 172
* Class 313
* Class 315
* Class 317
* Class 508

Operations|

* Arriva Rail London
* London Overground Night Service
* London Rail
* National Rail
* Network Rail
* Transport for London

History|

* East London line extension
* London Overground Rail Operations
* North London Railway
* Orbirail
* Overground Network
* Silverlink

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Metropolitan line

Stations|

| Central London section|

* Aldgate
* Liverpool Street
* Moorgate
* Barbican
* Farringdon
* King's Cross St Pancras
* Euston Square
* Great Portland Street

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Core section|

* Baker Street
* Finchley Road
* Wembley Park
* Preston Road
* Northwick Park
* Harrow-on-the-Hill

Uxbridge branch|

* West Harrow
* Rayners Lane
* Eastcote
* Ruislip Manor
* Ruislip
* Ickenham
* Hillingdon
* Uxbridge

Outer section
& branches|

* North Harrow
* Pinner
* Northwood Hills
* Northwood
* Moor Park
* Watford branch
* Croxley
* Watford
* Rickmansworth
* Chorleywood
* Chalfont & Latimer
* Chesham branch
* Chesham
* Amersham branch
* Amersham

Rolling stock|

| Present rolling stock|

* S8 Stock

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History|

| Former lines|

* Brill Tramway
* 1863–1933
* 1933–1988
* Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway

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Closed stations|

* Brill
* Granborough Road
* Hammersmith (Grove Road)
* Lord's
* Marlborough Road
* Quainton Road
* St Mary's (Whitechapel Road)
* Shoreditch
* Swiss Cottage
* Tower of London
* Uxbridge Road
* Verney Junction
* Waddesdon
* Waddesdon Road
* Westcott
* Winslow Road
* Wood Lane
* Wood Siding
* Wotton

Former stations|

* Aldgate East
* Aylesbury
* Barking
* Bow Road
* Bromley-by-Bow
* Dollis Hill
* Drayton Park
* East Ham
* Edgware Road
* Essex Road
* Finsbury Park
* Goldhawk Road
* Great Missenden
* Gunnersbury
* Hammersmith
* Highbury & Islington
* Kensington (Olympia)
* Kew Gardens
* Kilburn
* Kingsbury
* Ladbroke Grove
* Latimer Road
* New Cross
* New Cross Gate
* Mile End
* Neasden
* Old Street
* Paddington
* Plaistow
* Queensbury
* Ravenscourt Park
* Richmond
* Rotherhithe
* Royal Oak
* Shadwell
* Shepherd's Bush
* Stanmore
* Stepney Green
* Stoke Mandeville
* Surrey Quays
* Turnham Green
* Upton Park
* Wapping
* Wendover
* West Ham
* West Hampstead
* Whitechapel
* Willesden Green

Abandoned plans|

* Lothbury
* Clerkenwell
* Finchley Road
* Hampstead
* Watford Central

Transferred lines|

* Aylesbury line
* Bakerloo line
* East London line
* Hammersmith & City line
* Jubilee line
* Great Northern & City Railway

Former rolling stock|

* Metropolitan Railway electric multiple units
* GN&C Stock
* S Stock
* T Stock
* Circle Stock
* O/P/CP/CO/P1 Stock
* F Stock
* Main Line Stock
* A60 and A62 Stock

Former locomotives|

* A Class
* B Class
* C Class
* D Class
* E Class
* F Class
* G Class
* H Class
* K Class
* Metropolitan Railway electric locomotives
* Metropolitan departmental
* ex GWR
* Wotton Tramway

Metro-Land|

* Metro-land
* Metro-Land (1973 film)

Historic
proposals|

| Croxley Rail Link|

* Cassiobridge
* Watford Vicarage Road
* Watford High Street
* Watford Junction

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Other|

* West Hampstead interchange

* London Underground
* Transport for London
* London transport portal

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Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southeastern routes serving this station

Metro Mid-Kent line|

* London Charing Cross
* London Waterloo East
* London Cannon Street
* London Bridge
* New Cross
* St Johns
* Lewisham
* Ladywell
* Catford Bridge
* Lower Sydenham
* New Beckenham
* Beckenham Junction
* Clock House
* Elmers End
* Eden Park
* West Wickham
* Hayes

Metro via
Elmstead Woods|

* London Charing Cross
* London Waterloo East
* London Cannon Street
* London Bridge
* New Cross
* St Johns
* Lewisham
* Hither Green
* Grove Park
* Elmstead Woods
* Chislehurst
* Petts Wood
* Orpington
* Chelsfield
* Knockholt
* Dunton Green
* Sevenoaks

Metro via
Bexleyheath|

* London Victoria
* Denmark Hill
* Peckham Rye
* Nunhead
* London Charing Cross
* London Waterloo East
* London Cannon Street
* London Bridge
* New Cross
* St Johns
* Lewisham
* Blackheath
* Kidbrooke
* Eltham
* Falconwood
* Welling
* Bexleyheath
* Barnehurst
* Slade Green
* Dartford

Metro via Sidcup|

* London Charing Cross
* London Waterloo East
* London Bridge
* New Cross
* St Johns
* Lewisham
* Hither Green
* Lee
* Mottingham
* New Eltham
* Sidcup
* Albany Park
* Bexley
* Crayford
* Slade Green
* Dartford
* Stone Crossing
* Greenhithe
* Swanscombe
* Northfleet
* Gravesend
* Higham
* Strood
* Rochester
* Chatham
* Gillingham

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

* Govia
* National Rail
* Thameslink
* Great Northern
* Southeastern
* Southern
* Gatwick Express

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London Underground closed stations, former stations and abandoned plans

Closed stations|

| Central|

* Blake Hall
* British Museum
* North Weald
* Ongar
* Wood Lane

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District|

* Hounslow Town
* Mark Lane
* Osterley & Spring Grove
* Park Royal & Twyford Abbey
* St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road)
* Tower of London

East London|

* Shoreditch

Jubilee|

* Charing Cross

Metropolitan|

* Brill
* Granborough Road
* Hammersmith (Grove Road)
* Lord's
* Marlborough Road
* Quainton Road
* St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road)
* Swiss Cottage
* Uxbridge Road
* Verney Junction
* Waddesdon
* Waddesdon Road
* Westcott
* Winslow Road
* Wood Lane
* Wood Siding
* Wotton

Northern|

* City Road
* South Kentish Town
* King William Street

Piccadilly|

* Aldwych
* Brompton Road
* Down Street
* Osterley & Spring Grove
* York Road

Open stations
no longer served by
London Underground|

| Bakerloo|

* Bushey
* Carpenders Park
* Hatch End
* Headstone Lane
* Watford High Street
* Watford Junction

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District|

* Castle Hill (Ealing Dean)
* Hanwell
* Hayes
* Langley
* Leigh-on-Sea
* Shoeburyness
* Slough
* Southend Central
* Southall
* West Drayton
* Windsor
* South Acton

East London|

* New Cross
* New Cross Gate
* Rotherhithe
* Shadwell
* Surrey Quays
* Wapping

Metropolitan|

* Aylesbury
* Great Missenden
* Stoke Mandeville
* Wendover

Northern|

* Drayton Park
* Essex Road

Abandoned plans|

| Bakerloo|

* Extension to Camberwell

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Central|

* Denham
* Emlyn Road
* Harefield Road
* Heathfield Terrace
* Paddenswick Road
* Rylett Road
* The Grove

District|

* Cannon Hill
* Cheam
* Collingwood Road
* Elm Farm
* Elm Grove
* Merton Park
* Morden
* Sutton
* Sutton Common

Jubilee|

* Aldwych
* Ludgate Circus
* Cannon Street
* Fenchurch Street
* Surrey Docks
* New Cross Gate
* New Cross
* Lewisham
* St Katharine Docks
* Wapping
* Surrey Docks North
* Millwall
* North Greenwich
* Custom House
* Silvertown
* Woolwich Arsenal
* Beckton

Metropolitan|

* Cassiobridge
* Clerkenwell
* Finchley Road
* Hampstead
* Watford Central
* Watford High Street
* Watford Junction
* Watford Vicarage Road

Northern|

* Alexandra Palace
* Brockley Hill
* Bushey Heath
* Cranley Gardens
* Crouch End
* Elstree South
* Highgate
* Mill Hill (The Hale)
* Muswell Hill
* North End
* Stroud Green

Piccadilly|

* Aldwych branch extension to Waterloo

Victoria|

* Walthamstow Wood Street

Great Northern & City|

* Lothbury

Great Northern & Strand|

* Harringay
* Hornsey
* Wood Green

Other|

* Charing Cross & Waterloo Electric Railway
* City & Brixton Railway
* London Central Railway
* Edgware Road Tube schemes
* Waterloo & Whitehall Railway

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