Swanscombe railway station

Swanscombe railway station serves the small town of Swanscombe in north Kent, England. It is 21 miles 14 chains (34.1 km) down the line from London Charing Cross.

Swanscombe
Location	Swanscombe, Borough of Dartford England
Grid reference	TQ606747
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SWM
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
2 November 1908	opened
6 July 1930	resited
Passengers
2015/16	0.167 million
2016/17	0.174 million
2017/18	0.176 million
2018/19	0.204 million
2019/20	0.254 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The first station, a small wooden halt, was opened in 1908. In 1930 the present station was opened 840 yards (770 m) 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.