Beckenham Hill (BEC)

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.

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.

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the ticket office.

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.

• London North Eastern Railway (LNER)

• Greater Anglia

• Transport for London including London Overground

• Southeastern

• Southern

• South Western Railway (for Wimbledon)

If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.

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.

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

There is a heated waiting area on platform 1, during staffed hours.

At the front of the station.

Please beware that this area is mainly loose gravel.

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.

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the ticket office.

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:

Accessibility at the station - Thameslink.

There is a heated waiting area on platform 1, during staffed hours.

There is no WIFI at this station. However, WIFI is available onboard some trains which serve this station. More information about onboard WIFI can be found on the Thameslink website.