Woolwich Arsenal station

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Woolwich Arsenal station
Docklands Light Railway tunnel platform

Woolwich Arsenal is a train station in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London . It is in the Travelcard tariff zone 4 on Woolwich New Road in the Woolwich district . In 2013 it was used by 3.724 million passengers.

The station is served by trains from the Southeastern company. These operate on the North Kent Line from Charing Cross in central London to Dartford and Medway in northern Kent . Woolwich Arsenal is also the southeastern terminus of the Docklands Light Railway .

history

The station was opened in 1849 by the South Eastern Railway . The station building was replaced twice by a new building: in 1906 by a brick building, and in 1996 by a modern steel and glass construction. On behalf of Transport for London , a branch of the Docklands Light Railway has been extended to this point. A tunnel was created that crosses under the Thames from King George V station . Construction work began in June 2005 and was opened on January 12, 2009.

During the 2012 Summer Olympics , Woolwich Arsenal was a target for visitors to the shooting competitions at the nearby Royal Artillery Barracks .

As part of the Crossrail project , an underground station is being built around 200 meters to the north for this S-Bahn connection through the city center. It is scheduled to open in December 2018. There will be no direct transition to the new train station.

Web links

Commons : Woolwich Arsenal Station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Estimates of station usage. (Excel, 1.1 MB) Office of Rail Regulation, 2014, accessed on July 28, 2014 (English).
  2. ^ Docklands Light Railway. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 6, 2013 .
Previous station Transport for London Next station
King George V   Docklands Light Railway   final destination
Previous station National Rail Next train station
Woolwich Dockyard   Southeastern
North Kent Line 		  Plumstead

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '23.6 "  N , 0 ° 4' 9.4"  E