Swanscombe railway station
Location | Swanscombe, Borough of Dartford England |
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Grid reference | TQ606747 |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | SWM |
Classification | DfT category E |
Key dates | |
2 November 1908 | opened |
6 July 1930 | resited |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 0.174 million |
2017/18 | 0.176 million |
2018/19 | 0.204 million |
2019/20 | 0.254 million |
2020/21 | 94,476 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Swanscombe railway station serves the small town of Swanscombe in north Kent, England. It is 21 miles 14 chains (34.1 km) down the line from London Charing Cross.
The first station, a small wooden halt, was opened in 1908. In 1930 the present station was opened 840 yards (770 m) east of the original.
The station is awkwardly located in a very deep chalk cutting, with a long staircase from the booking office leading to the up platform. The down platform is reached across a road overbridge and down another long flight of stairs. The ticket office, on the 'up' side at road level, is located in a recent building. This is manned only during part of the day; at other times a ticket machine is available and is located outside the ticket office. Until the 1980s, separate manned ticket offices were located in buildings on each platform, suitably equipped with ticketing machinery. It was named and signed as Swanscombe Halt until the 1980s.
Services[]
Services at Swanscombe are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink using Class 376, 465, 466 and 700 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]
- 2 tph to London Charing Cross via Sidcup
- 2 tph to Luton via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich
- 2 tph to Gravesend
- 2 tph to Rainham via Chatham
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southeastern | ||||
Thameslink |
References[]
- ^ Table 200, 201 National Rail timetable, December 2021
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Swanscombe railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Swanscombe railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 51°26′57″N 0°18′36″E / 51.449120°N 0.309867°E
- Railway stations in Kent
- Transport in the Borough of Dartford
- Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1930
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- Kent railway station stubs