When you lived in Well Hall your chosen railway station was always going to be Well Hall which today might be described as an Interchange, given that along with the trains there were heaps of buses which terminated next door.
But today it is Mottingham which has caught my attention. It is a destination I have only visited once but can’t remember why.
According to my Wikipedia, “the station was first opened by the South Eastern Railway on 1 September 1866 as Eltham for Mottingham.
In 1892 it was renamed Eltham & Mottingham.
In 1927 it became Mottingham”.*
And it’s a station of many parts, having acquired a goods yard around 1900 it lost it in 1968 , along with its station box the following year.
But the upside ticket office has a mixture of structures, with “the white clapboard dating from the original station of 1866, [a] brown brick construction of 1957 and sliding doors installed in 1988”.
And to follow up on the interchange link there are a series of buses close by one of which will have taken me back to Well Hall.
Doesn’t quite answer why I would have taken the train to Mottingham to see our Jill but I will let that hang in the air, although I am happy to receive suggestions on a used railway ticket, circa 1990.
Already located on the blog are some stories of Well Hall Railway Station and its neighbour Eltham Park both of which are babies compared to Mottingham which has outlasted them both.
So with Jill’s help and her camera I will soon be back with more railway stations from Eltham.
Location; Mottingham
Pictures; sunny wet days on Mottingham Railway Station, 2026, from the collection of Jill Goldsmith
*Mottingham railway station, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mottingham_railway_station
For many years my local station. I often thought how it was in the 1930,s surrounded by countryside when used by the Courtholds who lived at Eltham Palace. Even when l was child in the late 50,s early 60,s it had a certain rural charm as did Mottingham village. Along with the Tarn it had a good atmosphere. Sadly all long gone , swallowed up by London sprawl and traffic.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. Made me think of Mottingham's past and a reminder of the Courtold's
DeleteMiddle Park Avenue is just around the corner from Mottingham Station so if you were visiting Jill this would of been the obvious station to use
ReplyDeleteI have been corrected thank you. And now corrected in the text.
DeleteMiddle Park Ave ( there isn't a Middle Park Road) is just around the corner from Mottingham Station so the station would be the obvious choice to visit anyone on the Middle Park Estate
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