Plumstead railway station

Plumstead railway station serves the suburb of Plumstead, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, east of Woolwich Arsenal. It is Template:Convert measured from Template:Rws. It is managed by Southeastern and also served by Thameslink.

Plumstead is on the North Kent Line and was opened 10 years after the line opened on 16 July 1859.<ref>Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley</ref> The platforms are below road level: the gabled station buildings stand on an overbridge at the country end. At this point, there are sidings: the station used to be where the railway system operating within the Royal Arsenal joined 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 located at the western end of the Ridgeway pedestrian and cycle path, and is in London fare zone 4

Plans are currently being drawn up for the installation of lifts and other accessibility improvements to the station as part of the UK Department of Transport's Access for All Programme.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Services

Services at Plumstead are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink using Template:Brc, Template:Brc, Template:Brc, Template:Brc and Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref>Template:NRtimes</ref>

• 4 tph to London Cannon Street (2 of these run via Template:Stn and 2 run via Template:Stn)
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk via Greenwich
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk, returning to London Cannon Street via Template:Stnlnk and Lewisham
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk via Template:Stnlnk

Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street via Template:Stnlnk call at the station during the peak hours.