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Woolwich Arsenal

Location	Woolwich
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
Key dates
1 November 1849	Opened
12 January 2009	DLR opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
Other websites	Departures Layout Facilities Buses

Woolwich Arsenal station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway interchange station in Woolwich in the London 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 in Travelcard Zone 4.

Services

National Rail

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 4tph (trains per hour) to London Cannon Street via Greenwich (stopping service)
• 2tph to London Charing Cross via Greenwich (semi-fast service)
• 2tph to London Cannon Street via Charlton and Lewisham (stopping service)
• 2tph to London Cannon Street via Sidcup and Lewisham (stopping service)
• 2tph to Dartford (stopping service)
• 2tph to Gillingham (semi-fast)
• 2tph to Plumstead

The station is on the North Kent Line. Typical journey times to London are in the region of 30 minutes.

Preceding station		DLR		Following station
King George V towards Bank, Tower Gateway or Stratford International		Docklands Light Railway		Terminus
National Rail
Woolwich Dockyard		Southeastern North Kent Line		Plumstead