Falconwood railway station

Falconwood
Falconwood
	Falconwood Location of Falconwood in Greater London
Location	Falconwood
Local authority	London Borough of Bexley
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	FCN
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2017–18	1.112 million[1]
2018–19	1.046 million[1]
2019–20	1.006 million[1]
2020–21	0.333 million[1]
2021–22	0.669 million[1]
Key dates
1 January 1936	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
WGS84	51.4592°N 0.0799°E
	London transport portal

Falconwood railway station is situated in the suburb of Falconwood, London Borough of Bexley, and is served by the Bexleyheath Line. It is 10 miles 27 chains (16.6 km) measured from London Charing Cross.[2] The station was opened much later than the remainder of the line, on 1 January 1936, to serve a growing area. A brick-built ticket office leads down to the cutting in which the station lies. Ticket barriers control access to the platforms.

Services

All services at Falconwood are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

2 tph to London Victoria
1 tph to London Charing Cross
2 tph to London Cannon Street
2 tph to Slade Green, continuing to London Cannon Street via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich
3 tph to Dartford

During the peak hours, the service between London Charing Cross and Dartford is increased to 2 tph in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Eltham		Southeastern Bexleyheath Line		Welling

Connections

London Buses routes B15 and B16 serve the station.

References

"Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 5. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
Table 200 National Rail timetable, May 2023

External links

Falconwood Community Centre
Train times and station information for Falconwood railway station from National Rail

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[infobox_stats_ref_rail-1] "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[2] Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 5. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.

[3] Table 200 National Rail timetable, May 2023