 Abbey Wood railway station (2008) |
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  Abbey Wood
Location of Abbey Wood in Greater London |
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| Location | Abbey Wood |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Greenwich |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | ABW |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Accessible |  [1] |
| Fare zone | 4 |
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| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2002/3 | 2.425 million[2] |
| 2004/5 | 2.202 million[2] |
| 2005/6 | 2.090 million[2] |
| 2006/7 | 2.804 million[2] |
| 2007/8 | 3.204 million[2] |
| List of stations | Underground · National Rail |
| External links | Departures • Layout |
| Facilities • Buses | |
Coordinates: 51°29′25″N 0°07′16″E / 51.4903°N 0.12113°E
Abbey Wood railway station serves the suburb of Abbey Wood in South East London. It is served by Southeastern, and is between Plumstead and Belvedere stations on the North Kent Line. Crossrail line 1's south eastern branch is expected to terminate here, as is the Greenwich Waterfront Transit a putative segregated busway. Local interests are campaigning for both these schemes to extend further eastwards, to Ebbsfleet/Gravesend and Erith respectively.
The station's name boards identify it as Abbey Wood for Thamesmead, as it is the closest railway station to Thamesmead (buses run from the station to Thamesmead proper).
Alphabetically, it is the first station in the UK.
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History
Opened by the South Eastern Railway on July 30, 1849, then by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When BR was divided into sectors in the 1980s the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.
During the 1860s William Morris famously used a decorated wagon to commute between this station and his new home at Red House, Bexleyheath, occasionally with his eccentric and artistic house guests.
The station has been rebuilt twice over the past 50 years to cater for the changing nature of the area[3].
Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 6tph (trains per hour) to London Cannon Street via Greenwich
- 2tph to London Charing Cross via Lewisham
- 2tph to Slade Green, returning to London Cannon Street via Sidcup
- 2tph to Slade Green
- 2tph to Dartford
- 2tph to Gillingham (Kent) via Dartford
Routes
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| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Plumstead | Southeastern North Kent Line |
Belvedere | ||
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| Church Manor Way Halt | Southern Railway North Kent Line |
Belvedere | ||
| Preceding station | Crossrail | Following station | ||
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towards Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport
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Crossrail | Terminus |
References
- R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1
- A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0 906899 99 0
- Abbey Wood station on navigable O.S. map
- ^ "London and South East". Rail Map for People with Reduced Mobility. National Rail. September 2006. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/system/galleries/download/mobility_maps/LondonSouthEast.pdf. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Abbey Wood railway station from Office of Rail Regulation statistics
- ^ David Glasspool (2007). "Abbey Wood". Kent Rail. http://www.kentrail.co.uk/abbey_wood.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
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