Birkbeck

Birkbeck station, Elmers End Road, Birkbeck, London
BR3 4TA

Birkbeck at a glance

  • Ticket Office
  • Ticket Machine
  • Prepurchase Collection
  • Car Park
  • Step Free Access
  • Toilets
  • WiFi
  • Bus Services
  • Cycle Storage Sheltered

Station details

Accessibility Information

There is information about accessibility

Accessible Ticket Machines

Yes

Customer Help Points

Birkbeck Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0:

Assistance Meeting Point


On the platform next to the Help Point. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates, ticket office or platform.

Passenger Assistance

Birkbeck Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0
Location :

Assistance Meeting Point


On the platform next to the Help Point. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates, ticket office or platform.

Staff Help Available

Yes

Step Free Access

C, no 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.

Step Free Category

C, no step-free access to any platform

This station does not offer

Accessible Parking, Accessible Public Telephones, Accessible Taxis, Accessible Booking Office Counter, Escalator Information, Height Adjusted Ticket Office Counter, Impaired Mobility Set Down, Induction Loop, Lifts, National Key Toilets, Nearest Accessible Stations, Ramp For Train Access, Ticket Barriers, Wheelchairs Available

Contactless

Always check pay as you go with contactless is accepted at your destination before you tap in. For more information visit southernrailway.com/contactless.

London Fare Zone

Zone 4

Oyster

Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station. Always check Oyster is accepted at your destination before you tap in.


Top-up at Ticket Machine

Penalty Fares

Applicable Operators: Southern

Prepurchase Collection

Collect from Ticket Machine

Ticket Machine

Yes

Ticket Machine Accessibility

Ticket buying and collection on Platform 1
Manoeuvring Space : There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair
Wheelchair Height : The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users

This station does not offer

Smartcards, Ticket Office, Travel Centre

Bus Services

Information to plan your onward journey is available in the “Onward Travel Information Map” below.

Cycle Storage Cctv

Yes

Cycle Storage Location

Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.

Cycle Storage Spaces

4 spaces

Cycle Storage Type

Stands

Cycle Storage Availability

Yes

Rail Replacement Maps

Rail Replacement Bus Map - Birkbeck 1 - https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/7AEt64dL6Bp8sAXs0tlFe2/63413b1aaf8ed19d66892c0ff6e95d81/2025-01_CI_SN_RRB_BIK_DR.pdf

Rail Replacement Services

Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.

This station does not offer

Airport, Car Hire, Car Park, Cycle Hire, Cycle Storage Sheltered, Parking Spaces, Port, Taxi Rank

Announcements

Announcements are made both visually and audibly

Customer Service

Assistance can be provided via the help points, located on the platforms, at all times of the day.

Help Points

There are Help Points

The Assistance Meeting Point is on the platform next to the Help Point.


Induction loops are not available at Help Points

Helpline

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:

Accessibility at the station - Southern.


0800 138 1016

Information Available

Yes - from help point

Lost Property

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.

Staffing Level

Unstaffed

This station does not offer

Left Luggage

CCTV

Yes

Information Points

There are information points

Information Services

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays
Unavailable

Printed Local Information

There is printed information available

Waiting Room

There is an unheated waiting area on platform 1.

This station does not offer

Atm Machine, Baby Change, Bureau De Change, Defibrillator, First Class Lounge, Limited Service, Pay Phones, Post Box, Request Stop, Shops, Refreshment Facilities, Toilets, Trolleys, WiFi

Departures and arrivals from Birkbeck

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