Westcombe Park railway station
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Westcombe Park station is in Greenwich, London, and is situated on the Greenwich Line connecting suburbs (e.g.: Deptford, Greenwich, Charlton, Woolwich, to Dartford, Kent) along the south side of the River Thames with central London stations (London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross).
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History
The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1879, the year after the through line from Greenwich to Maze Hill was finally completed. This connected the original London and Greenwich Railway to the North Kent Line just west of Charlton. The section between Charlton and Maze Hill had opened in 1873, with Maze Hill functioning as a terminus until 1878.<ref>http://rail.felgall.com/ser.htm SER Lines and Stations</ref>
Location
The station lies at the northern end of a conservation area (Westcombe Park), 5–10 minutes walk down Westcombe Hill from the Blackheath Standard area of Blackheath. It is the closest station to Woodlands House (once the home of John Julius Angerstein and later an art gallery and history archives centre), and is also close to the southern approach to the Blackwall Tunnel, a notorious traffic bottleneck.
Services
Services at Westcombe Park 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>
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Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street via Template:Stnlnk call at the station during the peak hours.
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Connections
London Buses routes 108, 286, 335 and 422 serve the station.