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Train companies affected:London Overground, Southern, Thameslink
Last updated:Today at 22:37
Train companies affected:Hull Trains, LNER, Lumo
Birkbeck station, Elmers End Road, Birkbeck, London, BR3 4TA
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Zone 4
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All Southern 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.
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Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station.
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For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Southern website.
Assistance can be provided via the help points, located on the platforms, at all times of the day.
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The Assistance Meeting Point is on the platform next to the Help Point.
Assistance can be provided via the help points, located on the platforms, at all times of the day.
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If you have lost something at a Southern station or onboard a Southern train, please visit the Southern website and use the webform to register your lost item.
Some Southern 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.
If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.
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This station does not have step-free access to any platform.
This is a Category C station: This station does not have step-free access.
The Assistance Meeting Point is on the platform next to the Help Point.
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All Southern 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.
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It is not possible to provide level access between train and platform at this station.
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There is an unheated waiting area on platform 1.
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No dedicated area
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The Assistance Meeting Point is on the platform next to the Help Point.
The assisted helpline is not available on Christmas Day.
Assistance can be pre booked up to two hours before departure by contacting Assisted Travel.
Trains calling at this station do not have on board staff. You can arrange assistance by:
Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point
Calling our freephone number: 0800 138 1016
Texting us on 07970 511077
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:
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There is an unheated waiting area on platform 1.
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There is no WIFI at this station. However, WIFI is available onboard trains which serve this station. More information about onboard WIFI can be found on the Southern website.
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Stands
Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.
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There are no cycle hire facilities at this station
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” below.