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Train companies affected:CrossCountry, LNER, Northern, TransPennine Express
Ravensbourne (RVB)
Ravensbourne station, Crab Hill, Beckenham, Greater London, BR3 5HE
Station Information
Ticket Office
Opening Hours
- Opening Hours,Monday to Friday: 06:40 - 13:20
- Opening Hours,Saturday to Sunday: Unavailable
London Fare Zone
Zone 4
Ticket Machines
Yes
Collect tickets bought online
- Collect tickets at Ticket Machine
Accessible ticket machines
Available
All Thameslink ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts.
Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.
Induction loop
Yes
Oyster Pay as you go Information
Purchase Oyster card here
No
Load Oyster Pay as you go here
- Load Oyster card at Ticket Machine
Use Oyster Pay as you go here
Yes
Pay as you go note
Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station.
Smartcards
Smartcards issued at this station
Yes
Smartcard tickets
- No
Smartcard validators
Yes
Smartcard note
For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Thameslink website.
Information Available
- Yes - from help point
Customer Information
- Departure Screens
- Live service information
Information Services Opening Times
- Information Services Opening Times,Monday to Friday: 06:40 - 13:20
- Information Services Opening Times,Saturday: Unavailable
- Information Services Opening Times,Sunday: Unavailable
Staff Help Available
- Staff Help Available,Monday to Friday: 06:40 - 13:20
- Staff Help Available,Saturday: Unavailable
- Staff Help Available,Sunday: Unavailable
Our Mobile Assistance Team is available to help you to complete your journey from this station if it is unstaffed.
If you have not booked assistance and require help boarding at this station, then on arrival please contact this team by either:
pressing the 'emergency & assisted travel' Help Point button
calling us on the freephone number 0808 168 1238 - Please note this is for immediate assistance only
texting us on 07970 511077
We will then arrange for our Mobile Assistance Team to reach you in good time before your train is scheduled to depart.
Whether you pre-book your assistance or prefer more flexibility, we recommend arriving 20 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart.
Customer Help Points
Yes
The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.
Customer Services Notes
Assistance can be provided via the help points, located on the platforms, at all times of the day.
Left Luggage
Unavailable
Lost Property
Available
If you have lost something at a Thameslink station or onboard a Thameslink train, please visit the Thameslink Website and use the webform to register your lost item.
Some Thameslink trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below). You should consider logging your lost item with them, just in case it's been handed in at one of their stations.
South Western Railway (for Wimbledon)
If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.
CCTV at the Station
Yes
Help Point location
There are Help Points
Live service information
Announcements are made both visually and audibly
Induction loop availability
Induction loops are throughout this station
Station Accessibility
Step-free access
Some step-free access, may be in one direction only - please check details.
This is a Category B3 station: Step free access to platform 2 only (towards Sevenoaks).
The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.
This station does not have tactile surfaces along all platform edges. Please pay attention to where the platform surface changes from smooth to paved or contact us for assistance.
Ticket barriers and gates
Unavailable
Accessible ticket machines
Available
All Thameslink ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts.
Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.
Induction loop
Yes
Ramp for train access
Available
A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station. A Mobile Assistance team covers this station.
You can arrange assistance by:
Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point
Calling our freephone number: 0808 168 1238 - Please note this is for immediate assistance only
Texting us on 07970 511077
Accessible Toilets
Unavailable
Waiting rooms
Available
There is a heated waiting area on platform 2, open during staffed hours.
Seating area
Available
Wheelchairs available
Available
Tactile paving on platform edges
There are tactile warnings on all platforms
Getting to and from the station
Accessible taxis here
Unavailable
Impaired mobility set down/pick-up point available
Available
At the front of the station.
Staff Help
Staff help available
- Staff help available,Monday to Friday: 06:40 - 13:20
- Staff help available,Saturday: Unavailable
- Staff help available,Sunday: Unavailable
Our Mobile Assistance Team is available to help you to complete your journey from this station if it is unstaffed.
If you have not booked assistance and require help boarding at this station, then on arrival please contact this team by either:
pressing the 'emergency & assisted travel' Help Point button
calling us on the freephone number 0808 168 1238 - Please note this is for immediate assistance only
texting us on 07970 511077
We will then arrange for our Mobile Assistance Team to reach you in good time before your train is scheduled to depart.
Whether you pre-book your assistance or prefer more flexibility, we recommend arriving 20 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart.
Customer Help Points
Yes
The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.
Helpline
- Helpline,Monday to Sunday: Available
The assisted travel helpline is not available on Christmas Day.
0800 058 2844
If you choose to travel unbooked (turn up and go), when the station is staffed, our station staff can provide assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Please contact a member of staff on arrival.
Trains calling at this station do not have on board staff. Alternatively, you can arrange assistance by:
Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point
Calling our freephone number: 0800 058 2844
Texting us on 0800 138 1018
Whether you pre book assistance or travel on a 'turn up and go' basis, we recommend arriving 20 minutes prior to your train departing. This is to allow us to make sure arrangements are in place at your destination, or interchange, station such as the availability of staff and lifts. If there is insufficient time to check these arrangements, we may assist you onto the next available train.
For further information on assisted travel please see:
Help Point location
There are Help Points
Toilets
Unavailable
Accessible Toilets
Unavailable
Baby Changing
Unavailable
Waiting Rooms
Available
There is a heated waiting area on platform 2, open during staffed hours.
Seating Area
Available
Refreshment Facilities
Available
Public Telephones
No
Bicycle Storage
Spaces
10 spaces
Type of Storage
Stands
Location
Located outside the main station entrance.
Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.
Sheltered
No
CCTV
Yes
Cycle and buggy facilities
There are no accessible cycle facilities but there is charging facilities
Help point bicycles
There is no help point close to the cycle parking
Bicycle Hire
Cycle Hire Information
There are no cycle hire facilities at this station
More Information
Transport Links
Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.
Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.
