West Wickham station
West Wickham 
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 West Wickham
Location of West Wickham in Greater London
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| Location | West Wickham |
| Local authority | London Borough of Bromley |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | WWI |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 5 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.938 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.943 million |
| 2013–14 |
0.982 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.995 million |
| 2015–16 |
 0.943 million |
| Key dates | |
| 29 May 1882 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°22′53″N 0°00′52″W / 51.3813°N 0.0145°WCoordinates: 51°22′53″N 0°00′52″W / 51.3813°N 0.0145°W |
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West Wickham railway station serves West Wickham in the London Borough of Bromley. It is located in south east London and is in Travelcard Zone 5. The station is operated by Southeastern and is served by Southeastern Hayes line trains.
West Wickham was built when the branch from the Mid-Kent Railway at Elmers End to Hayes was built and opened on 29 May 1882.
The branch was built by the West Wickham & Hayes Railway, but was sold to the South Eastern Railway in 1881 for £162,000. Colonel John Farnaby, Lord of the Manor of West Wickham, was a leading promoter. Initially the 13 weekday and four Sunday services operated as far as Elmers End where they connected with Addiscombe to London trains. West Wickham was the second station located on the branch located a quarter of a mile north of Wickham Green (963 inhabitants).
On opening the station was provided with two platforms and the station building was located on the up side. The station building was built in the SER clapboard style with a slate roof and a goods yard was provided at the London end on the down side. On the opposite side of the line a signal box was provided at the east (London) end of the station. The station was also provided with two end loading docks which would have been used for the horse-drawn carriages of the gentry.
Initially the line was of questionable commercial value as the area was largely rural although it was an attractive location for Londoners wishing to escape to the countryside and with this in mind The Railway Hotel was opened in 1882.
In 1898 the South Eastern Railway and the London Chatham and Dover Railway agreed to work as one railway company under the name of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and thus West Wickham became a SE&CR station.
By 1912 services had increased to 15 each way but only two of these actually operated through to London the rest terminating at Elmers End. In 1909 however the 8:37 a.m. Hayes - Charing Cross service was formed of Continental boat train stock where on arrival it was used to work the 10:00 a.m. Charing Cross- Folkestone boat train.
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