I decided to visit a friend and her three-year-old son, and we convened at Beckenham Junction so he could ride on the trams. Naturally there was a bit of time to collect the station too! The front of the station to the south of the line:
The station building gives onto platform 2. Here's the rear of the station building:
Over on the other side of the tracks on platform 3, looking east towards the footbridge and road bridge, with platform 2 on the right:
To the south of platform 2 is the bay platform 1, looking west:
The canopy on platforms 1 and 2 extends a long way west of the station building:
Steps lead from each side of the line to the footbridge. The steps up from platform 2:
Looking south from the steps you can see the adjacent Beckenham Junction tram stop:
Up more steps into the footbridge:
From the footbridge looking west:
Looking east from the footbridge towards the road bridge:
The footbridge takes you down steps on to platform 3. Looking east:
Detail of the spandrels:
At the eastern end of platform 3 looking along the line:
A view of platform 3 from platform 2 opposite:
The western end of platform 3:
Looking west along the line:
A second bay platform, platform 4, sits on the north side of the station. On platforms 3 and 4, looking east, with platform 4 on the left:
Looking east along platform 4:
A ramp on the far right of the previous photo provides flat access to platform 4, but a waiting room provides stepped access to platforms 3 and 4:
The waiting room is housed in this building on the northern side of the station. The ramp to platform 4 can be seen on the right:
Climbing up to the road bridge over the line, we look west at the station:
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