Plumstead railway station

Plumstead
Location	Plumstead
Local authority	Royal Borough of Greenwich
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code(s)	PLU
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.748 million
2005–06	0.763 million
2006–07	1.258 million
2007–08	1.385 million
2008–09	1.341 million
2009–10	1.199 million
2010–11	1.309 million
2011–12	1.406 million
2012–13	1.435 million
2013–14	1.485 million
Key dates
16 July 1859	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
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Plumstead railway station serves the suburb of Plumstead, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, east of Woolwich Arsenal. It is served by Southeastern.

Plumstead is on the North Kent line and was opened 10 years after the line opened on 30 July 1859. The platforms are below road level: the gabled station buildings stand on an overbridge at the country end. Here there are sidings: the station used to be where the railway system operating within the Royal Arsenal connected with the main line.

There were plans for the Docklands Light Railway to be extended to Plumstead Railway Station. However, Woolwich Arsenal station was chosen instead.

The station is served by local bus routes 53, 96, 99, 122, 177, 180, 244, 380, 422, 469, 472, 672 & N1.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

Westbound;

• 6tph (trains per hour) to London Cannon Street via Greenwich

Eastbound;

• 2tph to Slade Green, returning to London Cannon Street via Sidcup
• 2tph to Slade Green, returning to London Cannon Street via Bexleyheath
• 2tph to Dartford

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Woolwich Arsenal		Southeastern Greenwich Line and Dartford Loop Line & Bexleyheath Line via Slade Green		Abbey Wood
	Historical railways
Woolwich Arsenal		Southern Railway North Kent Line		Church Manor Way Halt

External links

• Train times and station information for Plumstead railway station from National Rail