Falconwood railway station

Falconwood
Falconwood
	Falconwood Location of Falconwood in Greater London
Location	Falconwood
Local authority	London Borough of Bexley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	FCN
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15	1.153 million[1]
2015–16	1.112 million[1]
2016–17	1.146 million[1]
2017–18	1.112 million[1]
2018–19	1.046 million[1]
Key dates
1 January 1936	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
WGS84	51.4592°N 0.0799°E
	London transport portal

Falconwood railway station is situated in the suburb of Falconwood, London Borough of Bexley, and is served by the Bexleyheath Line. It is 10 miles 27 chains (16.6 km) measured from London Charing Cross.[2] The station was opened much later than the remainder of the line, on 1 January 1936, to serve a growing area. A brick-built ticket office leads down to the cutting in which the station lies. Ticket barriers control access to the platforms.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross.
2tph to London Cannon Street.
2tph to London Victoria via Denmark Hill.
2tph to Slade Green, continuing to London Cannon Street via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich.
4tph to Dartford of which 2 continue to Gravesend.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Eltham		Southeastern Bexleyheath Line & Victoria-Gravesend Line		Welling

Connections

London Buses routes B15 and B16 serve the station.

References

"Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 5. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

Falconwood Community Centre

Train times and station information for Falconwood railway station from National Rail

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[infobox_stats_ref_rail-1] "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[2] Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 5. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)