Bromley North Station
Bromley North was first opened with the rest of the line in 1878, it had two platforms and a central locomotive release line. Passengers complained at the lack of stations facility s, describing the station building (among with the other station's on the line) 'a ludicrous pill box.' When SER was adsorbed into Southern in the 1920's southern electrified and refurbished the station, providing a handsome brick building with a copper cupola, two platforms and a goods yard. The goods yard was removed in 1968 and the EMU stabling siding was abolished somewhere around the 70's to 80's.
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Sundridge Park Station
Sundridge Park was opened in 1878, its original track layout has not changed since then, it has never had a goods yard, probably because it is so close to Bromley North. The Down Canopy was removed at some point, which is no wonder- Who would want to wait for a train to Bromley when they could walk it within 10 minutes? The Station was originally named Plaistow but was changed to Sundridge Park (after the local golf course) in 1896. At some point along it's life the station's platforms were lengthened to a similar length as Bromley North (about Ten Carriages!)
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Grove Park
The South Eastern Mainline's (SER) extension to Chistlehurst opened in 1865, 7 years after the London, Chatham & Dover Railway (LCDR) reached Bickley through Bromley South. It was 6 years after, in 1871 the opening of the railway that Grove Park actually received a station, seven years later and the advent of the Bromley Direct Railway turned Grove Park into a junction. Grove Park has 5 platforms today- Platform 5 is for Sevenoaks and Orpington, Platform 4 for London Bridge, Waterloo East and Charing Cross, Platforms 2 & 3 are rarely used today, as they are the fast lines, regular services to and from deep Kent can be seen whizzing through. Finally Platform 1 is the Bromley Branch Line's own platform, and it's link to the rest of Britain's railway system is at the north end of it, a simple point shared with the up fast. Previously the branch had it's own bay platform and direct link with the down fast from the days when regular direct trains to London operated.
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