Westcombe Park station is in

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, and is situated on the

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connecting suburbs (e.g.:

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, Greenwich, Charlton,

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, to

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) along the south side of the

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with central

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stations (

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and

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). It is down the line from .

History

The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1879, the year after the through line from

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Maze Hill Maze Hill is an area in Greenwich and Blackheath, in south-east London, lying to the east of Greenwich Park, and west of the Westcombe Park area of Blackheath. It is part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and takes its name from the main thoroug ...

was finally completed. This connected the original

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to the

North Kent Line The North Kent Line is a railway line which branches off the South East Main Line at St Johns junction west of Lewisham station in Greater London and runs to Rochester Bridge Junction near Strood, Medway where it links to the Chatham Main 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.

Location

The station lies at the northern end of a conservation area (

Westcombe Park Westcombe Park is a largely residential area in Blackheath in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South East London, England. It is bounded by the main London-Dartford railway line to the north, the Blackwall Tunnel southern approach to the east, th ...

), 5–10 minutes walk down Westcombe Hill from the Blackheath Standard area of

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. It is the closest station to

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(once the home of

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and later an art gallery and history archives centre), and is also close to the southern approach to the

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, a notorious traffic bottleneck.

Services

Services at Westcombe Park are operated by

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and

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using , , , and

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to

London Cannon Street Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Travelcard zone 1 located on Cannon Street in the City of London and managed by Network Rail. It is ...

* 2 tph to * 2 tph to , returning to London Cannon Street via and Lewisham * 2 tph to via During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly circular service to and from

via and Lewisham in the clockwise direction and direct to anticlockwise.

Connections

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routes

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, 286,

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and 422 serve the station.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Westcombe Park Railway Station Railway stations in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879 Railway stations served by Southeastern Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway