Westcombe Park railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Westcombe Park | ||
| Local authority | Greenwich | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | WCB | ||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.501 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.528 million | ||
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| Zone | 3 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1 May 1879 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Westcombe Park from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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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.
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[edit] Services
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).
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Maze Hill | Southeastern Greenwich line |
Charlton | ||
[edit] History
The station was opened by the London and Greenwich Railway in 1879, the year after the through line from Greenwich to Maze Hill was finally completed. This connected the L&GR to the North Kent Line just west of Charlton. The section between Charlton and Maze Hill had opened in 1873, with Maze Hill functioning as a terminus until 1878 [1].
[edit] References
- ^ http://rail.felgall.com/ser.htm SER Lines and Stations
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Westcombe Park railway station from National Rail
- Westcombe Park railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
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