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[edit] Places of Worship
Crayford Baptist Church, Bexley Lane
St Barnabas Church, Tile Kiln Lane, Joydens Wood
St Paulinus, Manor Road
St Mary of the Crays Catholic Church, Old Road
[edit] Transport and locale
[edit] Nearest places
Crayford railway station is just a short walk from the high street up the hill of Station Road.
Access to the station is only available from Lower Station Road, although Bexley Council has discussed a bridge linking Sainsbury's, Homebase, Crayford Stadium and the West of the town with the station.
Trains go west to London and east towards Dartford.
The station is in Travelcard Zone 6 and is covered by the Transport for London Overground Network(ON) and Metro schemes with trains to London at least 4 times an hour from 6.00am to 8pm.
It is operated by Southeastern (train operating company).
The Ticket Office is situated on Platform 1, towards London on Lower Station Road where there is a privately operated car park.
There is also a ticket machine outside the station that takes coins, notes and credit cards which can be used for single, return, travelcard and weekly season tickets. There is also a Permit to Travel machine.
The station is step free for services from Platform 1 to London, but services from London, on platform 2 require use of a faily steep stepped bridge.
There are reliable computerised display boards showing the next three services as well as the number of cars in the next train.
There are shelters on both platforms and a Toilet on Platform 1.
Services
Trains are operated by South Eastern recently franchised to Govia.
Nearly all services stop at London Bridge, where some go to London Charing Cross via London Waterloo East and others to London Cannon Street. Approxinately every other train will stop via Lewisham.
London Bridge is between 30 to 40 minutes and there are some peak fast services that run to/from London Charing Cross in less than 35 minutes. These fast services do not stop at London Bridge and are fast to/from New Eltham with some stopping at Mottingham and Lee.
Off peak and weekend services loop to/from London via Slade Green and Greenwich in addition to direct trains to Dartford, Gravesend and Gillingham.
Trains are a mix of the older refurbished Networker Trains introduced in the eighties and more modern class 376 trains with more capacity and automated train announcements.
Reliability has recently improved significantly, with the poor service discount for season ticket holders withdrawn.
Peak services between 8.30 and 9.00am and 5.30 and 6.30pm, are generally 5 to 10 minutes late due to congestion in the Lewisham and London Bridge areas. This is caused by the complex points joining different branch lines.
The older networker trains do suffer from slippery rail conditions when the tracks are wet and due to leaves in the autumn. This causes additional small delays.
Services have historically been very poor and the first franchise given to the private French company Connex was terminated early around 2001 and returned to public ownership. Services under Connex was unreliable with dirty trains and poorly maintained stations.
Services are reasonably safe to use, especially during peak hours, although all South Eastern Metro trains suffer badly from vandalism, mainly window etching and occasional spray painting.
[edit] Other Nearby Railway Stations
The 96 contracted by Transport for London runs between Woolwich and Bluewater Shopping Centre. This bus has a frequency of 8 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytimes and 15-20 minutes at other times.
The 428 contracted by Transport for London runs between Erith and Bluewater Shopping Centre. This bus has a frequency of 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytimes and 30 minutes at other times.
The 492 contracted by Transport for London runs between Sidcup and Bluewater Shopping Centre. This bus has a frequency of 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytimes and 60 minutes at other times.
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