and following nationalisation on 1 January 1948, the station fell under the auspices of British Railways Southern Region. The goods yard closed to general traffic on 28 December 1964 and to coal on 25 March 1968. Colour light signalling was introduced between Ladywell and New Beckenham on 4 April 1971 with signalling being controlled by the signal box at New Beckenham. The small SER signal box which was located on the up platform was closed as a result. On 28 September 1975 the control of the signalling was transferred to London Bridge signalling centre. In May 1993 the up (towards London) side ticket office was destroyed by fire and following this a new ticket office was opened on the down side of the station. The privatisation era (1994–present day) On 13 October 1996 operation of the passenger services passed to Connex South Eastern. Services were subsequently operated by South Eastern Trains, and Southeastern since 1 April 2006. Services All services at Catford Bridge are operated by Southeastern using , , and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: 4 tph to London Charing Cross (2 of these run non-stop between and and 2 call at ) 4 tph to On Sundays, the station is served by a half-hourly service between Hayes and London Charing Cross via Lewisham. Connections London Buses routes 75, 124, 160, 171, 181, 185, 202, 284, 320, 336 and night route N171 serve the station. In the media The second episode of the 1979 London Weekend Television comedy series End of Part One includes the main characters watching a film called "The Life of Christopher Columbus". In the film, Columbus goes to a tube station and asks for a train to America, but is told he can only go as far as Catford. Part of a modified tube map is shown which shows the fictitious tube stations Lewisham, Ladywell, Edge of the World and Catford on the East London Section of the Metropolitan line south from New Cross station. There is an actual part of the main line Mid-Kent Railway that interchanges with New Cross station, and the stations are, southwards in order: St. John's, Lewisham, Ladywell and Catford Bridge. References Notes External links Railway stations in the London Borough of Lewisham Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1857 Railway stations served by Southeastern Catford 1857 establishments