| Gravesend Central | |
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Gravesend |
| Local authority | Gravesham |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GRV |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 2.247 million |
| 2005/06 * | 2.358 million |
| 2006/07 * | 2.482 million |
| History | |
| Opened 30 July 1849 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gravesend Central from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Gravesend railway station serves the town of Gravesend in north Kent; train services are operated by Southeastern. The station is 24 miles (38km) from London Charing Cross. It has two central through lines for through freight trains and up and down loops that serve the two platforms.
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[edit] History
The first railway to arrive in Gravesend was the Gravesend & Rochester Railway (G&RR) who had purchased the Thames and Medway Canal and its tunnel between Strood and Higham. The G&RR ran the first train to the then terminus at Gravesend on 10 February 1845. On 30 July 1849 the line was extended to North Kent East Junction on the South Eastern Railway (SER) and thence to London Bridge.
There was a second Gravesend station (in later years known as Gravesend West), opened by SER's rivals London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR). It was the end of a branch off the LCDR's main line and it allowed access to Victoria. journey times were uncompetitive and when the two companies merged in 1899, the branch was soon relegated to a secondary line and closed in 1968.
Highspeed services to London St Pancras International, are to be introduced from December 2009 (see below).
In December 2008, the local authority for Gravesend (Gravesham Council), were formally requested by Crossrail and the DfT, to sanction the revised Crossrail Safeguarding. This safeguarding provides for a potential service extension, from the current south of Thames terminus at Abbey Wood, to continue via North Kent Line to Gravesend station. With current services from Gravesend to London Bridge, London Waterloo East and London Charing Cross being supplemented by highspeed trains from the end of 2009 to London St Pancras, the potential in having Crossrail services from central London, London Heathrow, Maidenhead and/or Reading, terminating at Gravesend, would not only raise the station to hub status but equally greatly contribute towards the town's regeneration.
[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross via Dartford, Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich
- 2tph to London Charing Cross via Dartford, Sidcup and Lewisham
- 2tph to Gillingham
From 13 December 2009 this station will be served by fast trains travelling over High Speed 1 reaching London St Pancras in 25 minutes,[1] compared with the off-peak service from London Charing Cross which at the beginning of 2009 takes 56 minutes.[2] The planned off-peak service to St Pancras is two trains per hour and six arriving during the peak hours between 07:00 and 09:59.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Journey Map (Southeastern)". http://www.southeastern2009.co.uk/index.php/journey_map. Retrieved on 5 February 2009.
- ^ "Train times 5 14 December 2008 to 16 May 2009 (12:50 CX arr 13:46)". http://southeastern.go-cms.co.uk/content/doc/pdf/timetables/timetable_117.pdf. Retrieved on 5 February.
- ^ {{cite web Gravesend is one of only a handful of Kent stations that shall truly have a major journey time reduction, compared to current schedules to other London termini. |url=http://www.southeastern2009.co.uk/app/webroot/files/cache/High%20speed%20peak%20services%20route%20map.pdf |title=High Speed Peak Services Route Map |accessdate=8 December 2008}}
"High Speed Off Peak Services Route Map". http://www.southeastern2009.co.uk/app/webroot/files/cache/High%20speed%20off%20peak%20services%20route%20map.pdf. Retrieved on 8 December 2008.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Gravesend railway station from National Rail
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gravesend Station |
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