Woolwich Arsenal station

Woolwich Arsenal National Rail Docklands Light Railway
Woolwich Arsenal is located in Greater London
Woolwich Arsenal
Woolwich Arsenal
Location of Woolwich Arsenal in Greater London
LocationWoolwich
Local authorityRoyal Borough of Greenwich
Managed bySoutheastern
Station code(s)WWA
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms4 (2 underground platforms served by DLR)
AccessibleYes[1][2]
Fare zone4
OSIWoolwich Elizabeth Line[3]
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2018Decrease 14.588 million[4]
2019Increase 14.590 million[5]
2020Decrease 8.083 million[6]
2021Increase 8.492 million[7]
2022Decrease 7.730 million[8]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 4.371 million[9]
2019–20Increase 4.387 million[9]
2020–21Decrease 1.530 million[9]
2021–22Increase 2.805 million[9]
2022–23Decrease 2.475 million[9]
Key dates
1 November 1849Opened
12 January 2009DLR opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°29′24″N 0°04′08″E / 51.490°N 0.069°E / 51.490; 0.069
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Woolwich Arsenal station is an interchange station in the heart of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and National Rail services.

It has two parts; its raised, south-western part of the station is on the semi-slow, commuter service, corollary of the North Kent Line and also in its Dartford Loop services section between London and Dartford, run by Southeastern. Regular services beyond Dartford are to the Medway Towns, which start/finish in the opposite direction at Luton via the City of London, West Hampstead and St Albans. Its other part is the terminus of its own branch of the DLR, run by Transport for London.

The older part of the station, built in a modernist style, is located on a corner of General Gordon Square, a green town square. The newer part has entrances to Woolwich's subterranean end of the DLR, and faces the top of Powis Street, a long, semi-pedestrianised retail avenue. It is named after the area's Woolwich or Royal Arsenal, to distinguish the Arsenal site from the former Royal Dockyard, which before the 19th century was complemented with wharves and yards for large naval ships.[10] In zoning it is the furthest DLR station – in Travelcard Zone 4.

On the national network, it is 9 miles 32 chains (15.1 km) down from London Charing Cross.

  1. ^ Tube Map
  2. ^ "Southeastern: Access Guide". Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  10. ^ Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Woolwich', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1 (Canterbury, 1797), pp. 441-454. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol1/pp441-454 [Retrieved 2 September 2018].

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