page_title: Hither Green railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hither Green railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: British Railways Southern Region station "totem" for Hither Green.jpg
context_page_description: Hither Green is a railway station located in Hither Green in the London Borough of Lewisham, south-east London. It is 7 miles 16 chains down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Lewisham and either Grove Park or Lee depending on the route.
  It is a busy commuter station with services to several London termini and destinations to other parts of south-east London and the south-east of England.
  It is in Travelcard Zone 3 and very close to Hither Green Traction Maintenance Depot, Grove Park Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot, and Grove Park Safety Training Centre. The station straddles the Prime Meridian, which is marked across the roof of the pedestrian tunnel forming the main entrance.
  The station and all trains are operated by Southeastern.
context_section_description: Hither Green station was opened on 1 June 1895, by the South Eastern Railway (SER). It was built at Hither Green junction which had been formed some thirty years earlier. Originally there was a booking hall in Springbank Road which was built to serve the St. Germans Estate. The red brick gateposts are still visible outside the site, which was occupied by a timber merchant for many years, but is now being redeveloped for residential use. The original stationmaster's house survives, at 69 Springbank Road. The main station building was built in Staplehurst Road. Since 1974, access to the new booking hall, located between platforms 4 and 5, has been up a ramp from a foot tunnel which runs between Staplehurst Road and Maythorne Cottages.
  In 1899 the SER entered a working relationship known as the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, which managed the station until 1 January 1923, when it became part of the Southern Railway. The Southern Region of British Rail was responsible from nationalisation in 1948 until the regions were completely abolished at the end of 1992.
caption: Station signage in use by British Railways Southern Region
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