Swanscombe railway station

Swanscombe
Location
Place	Swanscombe
Local authority	Dartford
Operations
Station code	SWM
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information 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
History
Opened 6 July 1930 (6 July 1930)
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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 Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Swanscombe railway station serves the village of Swanscombe in North Kent, England. 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, a separate manned ticket office was located in a building on the eastbound platform.

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