Swanscombe railway station

Swanscombe
Location
Place	Swanscombe
Local authority	Borough of Dartford
Grid reference	TQ606747
Operations
Station code	SWM
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.172 million
2005/06	0.172 million
2006/07	0.165 million
2007/08	0.161 million
2008/09	0.157 million
2009/10	0.137 million
2010/11	0.140 million
2011/12	0.144 million
2012/13	0.128 million
2 November 1908	opened
6 July 1930	resited
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Swanscombe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Swanscombe railway station serves the village of Swanscombe in North Kent, England. 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 first station.

Train services are operated by Southeastern. 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 PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine issues 'Permits to Travel' - which are exchanged on-train or at manned stations for travel tickets - 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.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross via Dartford, Sidcup and Lewisham
• 2tph to Gravesend

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Greenhithe		Southeastern North Kent Line		Northfleet