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Welling railway station

Coordinates: 51°27′53″N 0°06′06″E / 51.4647°N 0.1017°E / 51.4647; 0.1017
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Welling National Rail
Welling is located in Greater London
Welling
Welling
Location of Welling in Greater London
LocationWelling
Local authorityLondon Borough of Bexley
Managed bySoutheastern
Station code(s)WLI
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Decrease 2.488 million[2]
2019–20Decrease 2.403 million[2]
2020–21Decrease 0.638 million[2]
2021–22Increase 1.331 million[2]
2022–23Increase 1.382 million[2]
Key dates
1 May 1895Opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°27′53″N 0°06′06″E / 51.4647°N 0.1017°E / 51.4647; 0.1017
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Welling railway station is situated in Welling, part of the London Borough of Bexley, and is served by the Bexleyheath Line, 11 miles 28 chains (18.3 km) from London Charing Cross.[3]

The station was opened with the line on 1 May 1895. The station is located in Station Road, just off Bellegrove Road (which becomes Welling High Street). This is one of the stations on the line with original buildings: the offices here are on the Up side of the station. There are ticket barriers to both entrances.

Services

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

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

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

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southeastern

Connections

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London Buses routes 51, 89, 486, 624, 625, B15, B16 and night route N89 serve the station.

References

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  1. ^ "Planning an accessible journey with Southeastern" (PDF). Southeastern. May 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Table 200 National Rail timetable, May 2023
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