Westcombe Park railway station

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Westcombe Park

Location

Place

Westcombe Park

Local authority

Greenwich

Operations

Managed by

Southeastern

Platforms in use

National Rail

Station code

WCB

Annual entry/exit

0.501 million *

Transport for London

Zone

Transport for London
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Westcombe Park station is in Greenwich, London, and is situated on the North Kent line connecting suburbs (eg: Deptford, Greenwich, Charlton, Woolwich, to Dartford, Kent) along the south side of the River Thames with central London stations (London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross).

The station lies at the northern end of a conservation area (Westcombe Park), 5-10 minutes walk down Westcombe Hill from the Blackheath Standard area of Blackheath. It is the closest station to Woodlands House (once the home of John Julius Angerstein and later an art gallery and history archives centre), and is also close to the southern approach to the Blackwall Tunnel, a notorious traffic bottleneck.

Nearby bus services include the 286 between Eltham and Greenwich town centre, the 108 between Stratford and Lewisham (via the Millennium Dome), and the 422 between the Millennium Dome and Bexleyheath (via Woolwich).

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Train times and station information for Westcombe Park railway station from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of Westcombe Park railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Maze Hill		Southeastern Greenwich line		Charlton

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