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Woolwich Arsenal
Location of Woolwich Arsenal in Greater London |
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| Location | Woolwich |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Greenwich |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | WWA |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Accessible | [1][2] |
| Fare zone | 4 |
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| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 | 2.032 million[3] |
| 2005–06 | 2.092 million[3] |
| 2006–07 | 2.687 million[3] |
| 2007–08 | 2.791 million[3] |
| 2008–09 | 2.605 million[3] |
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| 1849 | Opened |
| 12 January 2009 | DLR opened |
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| List of stations | Underground · National Rail |
| External links | Departures • Layout |
| Facilities • Buses | |
Woolwich Arsenal station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway interchange station located in Woolwich in the London Borough of Greenwich. It acts as a local station on the North Kent Line between London and Gillingham, served by Southeastern, and is the southern terminus of the Woolwich Arsenal branch of the Docklands Light Railway. The station faces General Gordon Square and is named after the nearby Woolwich Arsenal. It is the only DLR station to be located in Travelcard Zone 4.
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The station opened in 1849, serving the North Kent Line from London to Gillingham. The station building was rebuilt in 1906 with a London brick-built structure, very typical of southeast London. The current station building dates from 1996, and has a modern design in steel and glass. It has a circular theme, quite different from what existed before.
Woolwich Arsenal was expanded in 2009, when Transport for London completed the construction of an extension of the London City Airport branch of the Docklands Light Railway from King George V to Woolwich Arsenal, which is the branch's new terminus. The official opening took place on 12 January 2009.
The National Rail part of the station consists of two above-ground platforms. The up platform for London has a refreshment facility. The down platform serves trains going east, towards north Kent, via Plumstead, Abbey Wood and Slade Green.
The Docklands Light Railway part of the station is underground, and consists of two platforms in an island platform configuration. As Woolwich Arsenal is a terminus, both platforms serve an up line to Bank via London City Airport, Canning Town and Poplar. Trains depart in the eastbound direction due to the curve under the River Thames.
London Bus routes 51, 53, 54, 96, 99, 122, 161, 178, 244, 291, 380, 386, 422 469, 472, Night routes N1 pass the station and 7mins walk to the station from Beresford Street to New Road for bus routes 177, 180 and school routes 658 and 672.
A new Crossrail station will be opened in Woolwich after a vigorous campaign to include it in the scheme run by Greenwich council and Berkeley Homes. Woolwich railway station will be located around 200m North of Woolwich Arsenal station on the north side of the A206, on the site of the Royal Arsenal.
The typical off-peak National Rail service from the station is:
Docklands Light Railway trains run every ten minutes to Bank. Additionally (from 2 March 2009) there are also peak hour trains to Canning Town every ten minutes giving an overall peak-hour frequency of every five minutes.[4] A typical journey time to Bank is 31 minutes, while to Canary Wharf it is 20 minutes and to London City Airport it is 6 minutes.
The Docklands Light Railway's extension to Stratford International station from Canning Town via West Ham and Stratford low-level on the disused North London Line opened in 2011.[5]
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| Woolwich Dockyard | Southeastern North Kent Line |
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