Westcombe Park railway station
Westcombe Park 
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 Westcombe Park
Location of Westcombe Park in Greater London
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| Location | Westcombe Park |
| Local authority | Greenwich |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | WCB |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.983 million |
| 2012–13 |
1.005 million |
| 2013–14 |
1.055 million |
| 2014–15 |
1.121 million |
| 2015–16 |
 0.979 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1879 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°29′03″N 0°01′07″E / 51.4842°N 0.0187°ECoordinates: 51°29′03″N 0°01′07″E / 51.4842°N 0.0187°E |
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Westcombe Park station is in Greenwich, London, and is situated on the North Kent 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).
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.
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.
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