page_title: Chelsfield railway station
section_title: Service
hierarchical_section_title: Chelsfield railway station / Service
caption_attribution_description: English: Chelsfield station. View SE, towards Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Dover etc.: ex-SER (later SE&amp;CR) London (Charing Cross/Cannon St.) - Kent main line.
context_page_description: Chelsfield railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line, serving the Chelsfield and Green Street Green areas south of Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, south-east London. It is 15 miles 25 chains down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Orpington and Knockholt stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 6.
  The line on which it is located, and the station itself, was opened on 2 March 1868 by the South Eastern Railway to shorten its route from London to Dover. The building of the route, which crosses the North Downs, was a difficult undertaking, with steep gradients. At Chelsfield the line is rising steadily on a 1 in 120 gradient through the Chelsfield Tunnel beyond the station. It is said that this was an inspiration to E. Nesbit when writing The Railway Children
  The modern station building dates from the 1970s when its predecessor was damaged by fire.
context_section_description: The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
  2 tph to London Charing Cross via Grove Park
  2 tph to Sevenoaks
  During the peak hours, these services run to London Cannon Street instead of Charing Cross.
  Additional services between Charing Cross and Tunbridge Wells also stop at Chelsfield during the peak hours. These services run non-stop between London Bridge and Chelsfield.
caption: Chelsfield station (1983)
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