Westcombe Park railway station

Westcombe Park
Westcombe Park Location of Westcombe Park in Greater London
Location	Westcombe Park
Local authority	Greenwich
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	WCB
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes [1]
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.501 million[2]
2005–06	0.528 million[2]
2006–07	0.872 million[2]
2007–08	0.919 million[2]
2008–09	0.830 million[2]
2009–10	0.811 million[2]
2010–11	0.944 million[2]
2011–12	0.983 million[2]
2012–13	1.005 million[2]
2013–14	1.055 million[2]
Key dates
1 May 1879	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°29′03″N 0°01′07″E / 51.4842°N 0.0187°E / 51.4842; 0.0187

Westcombe Park station is in Greenwich, London, and is situated on the North Kent line connecting suburbs (e.g.: 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).

History

The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1879, the year after the through line from Greenwich to Maze Hill was finally completed. This connected the original London and Greenwich Railway 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.^[3]

Location

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.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

Westbound;

• 6tph (trains per hour) to London Cannon Street

Eastbound;

• 2tph to Slade Green, returning to London Cannon Street via Sidcup
• 2tph to Slade Green, returning to London Cannon Street via Bexleyheath
• 2tph to Dartford

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Maze Hill		Southeastern Greenwich Line and Dartford Loop Line & Bexleyheath Line via Slade Green		Charlton

Connections

London Buses routes 108, 286 and 422 serve the station.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Westcombe Park railway station.

• Train times and station information for Westcombe Park railway station from National Rail