Swanscombe railway station


Swanscombe railway station serves the small town of Swanscombe in north Kent, England. It is down the line from.
The first station, a small wooden halt, was opened in 1908. In 1930 the present station was opened east of the original.
Train services are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink.
The station is awkwardly located in a very deep chalk cutting, with a long staircase from the booking office leading to the up platform. The down platform is reached across a road overbridge and down another long flight of stairs. The ticket office, on the 'up' side at road level, is located in a recent building. This is manned only during part of the day; at other times a ticket machine is available and is located outside the ticket office. Until the 1980s, separate manned ticket offices were located in buildings on each platform, suitably equipped with ticketing machinery. It was named and signed as Swanscombe Halt until the 1980s.

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