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Woolwich Arsenal railway station

Woolwich Arsenal National Rail Docklands Light Railway
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Woolwich Arsenal is located in Greater London
Woolwich Arsenal
Woolwich Arsenal
Location of Woolwich Arsenal in Greater London
Location Woolwich Arsenal
Local authority Royal Borough of Greenwich
Managed by Southeastern
Station code WWA
DfT category C2
Number of platforms 4 (2 underground platforms served by DLR)
Accessible Yes
Fare zone 4
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2012 Increase 8.789 million
2013 Increase 9.474 million
2014 Increase 10.800 million
2015 Increase 12.668 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12 Increase 3.559 million
2012–13 Increase 3.724 million
2013–14 Decrease 3.551 million
2014–15 Increase 3.572 million
2015–16 Increase 3.696 million
Key dates
1 November 1849 Opened
12 January 2009 DLR opened
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WGS84 51°29′24″N 0°04′08″E / 51.490°N 0.069°E / 51.490; 0.069Coordinates: 51°29′24″N 0°04′08″E / 51.490°N 0.069°E / 51.490; 0.069
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Woolwich Arsenal station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway interchange station located in Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It acts as a local station on the North Kent Line between London and Gillingham, served by Southeastern, and is the southern terminus of the Woolwich Arsenal branch of the Docklands Light Railway. The station faces General Gordon Square and is named after the nearby Woolwich Arsenal. It is the only DLR station to be located in Travelcard Zone 4.

The station opened in 1849, serving the North Kent Line from London to Gillingham. The station building was rebuilt in 1906 with a -built structure, very typical of southeast London. The current station building dates from 1992-93, and has a modern design in steel and glass by the Architecture and Design Group of British Rail, under the leadership of Nick Derbyshire. It has a circular theme, quite different from what existed before.

Woolwich Arsenal was expanded in 2009, when Transport for London completed the construction of an extension of the London City Airport branch of the Docklands Light Railway from King George V to Woolwich Arsenal, which is the branch's new terminus. The official opening took place on 12 January 2009.

In 2014, a petition was started and presented to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to rezone Woolwich Arsenal station from Zone 4 to Zone 3. However, Johnson ruled this out, stating it would cause losses in over a million pounds per annum.


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