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A station on the Docklands Light Railway and on [South Eastern Trains]?.

Lines Served

Docklands Light Railway:	North towards Canary Wharf		[Elverson Road]?		Lewisham		terminates here
[South Eastern Trains]?:	North West towards London Bridge		[New Cross]?		Lewisham		[Hither Green]?		[Dartford]? via [Bexley]?
							[Blackheath]?		Gillingham (Kent) via [Woolwich]? &[Dartford]?
			[St. Johns]?				[Ladywell]?		[Hayes (Kent)]?
	West towards Victoria		[Nunhead]?		Lewisham		[Blackheath]?		[Dartford]? via [Bexleyheath]?

The end of the DLR Lewisham extension is a partially submerged station near Lewisham's [shopping centre]?. There is a stairway connection to the South Eastern Trains station.

Trains on South Eastern run very frequently into London Bridge, and then either Cannon Street or Charing Cross via Waterloo East Station. It is generally faster to catch a South Eastern train than to catch the DLR and then tube. If you can, it's worth checking your journey before entering the station on your phone at [www.tflwap.gov.uk].

Where to get on/off

The exits for the surface railway are all at the London end of the platforms; so, on trains towards London, it's best to be in the front few carriages and for trains from London, it's best to be as near the back as possible.

DLR trains: if intending to change to a bus, the front of the train is the best place to be. But DLR trains are so small, there's not much in it.

Information

• DLR:
  • DLR [real time train information] for Lewisham
  • DLR [lewisham.pdf timetable] (PDF) for Lewisham
  • DLR [station info page]

• [National Rail] (South Eastern Trains):
  • [lewisham.pdf Local Area Map]
  • National Rail (South Eastern Trains) [real time departure boards]

• London Buses:
  • [TfL Bus Spider Map] for Lewisham.

• Station Facilities:
  • Taxi rank
  • Toilet
  • Cash machines
  • Cycle racks
  • Shops
  • Coke machines
  • CCTV
  • Pay phones
  • Ticket machines
  • Ticket office (SET station only)

Bus services

• Lewisham is a bus hub, particularly around the [shopping centre]?. A large number of buses leave from here, particularly to [Catford]?, Camberwell, [New Cross]?, Canada Water, Blackheath, Woolwich and [Grove Park]?.
• The best source of bus information is the [spider map].