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Station Guide: Greenwich

Zone 2 on Greenwich Line - DLR connections

Address

Greenwich High Road, London SE10 (map)

The World's oldest suburban railway runs to Greenwich. A sign in the booking hall states: "Greenwich Station - Opened 24th December 1838 - The Eastern Terminus of London's First Railway"

Popular tourist and commuter station. It is some 500 yards (450 metres) from the centre of Greenwich.

Trains:

To Charing Cross (via Waterloo East) or Cannon Street
via Deptford, London Bridge

To Dartford
via Charlton and Woolwich

 

Ticket Office

When not open tickets are available from machine in Booking Hall. There is also a "permit to travel" machine.

Services

  • Docklands Light Railway (DLR) now open for Lewisham, Docklands, etc.
  • Small Newsagent
  • Cafeteria on concourse
  • Telephone in Ticket Hall (during Ticket Office opening hours)

Facilities

  • Covered platform on London-bound platform
  • Small shelter on Dartford bound platform
  • Waiting Room: During Ticket Office opening hours
  • Toilets: none

Telephone

  • During Ticket Office opening hours in Ticket hall

Disabled Access

  • Disabled access: Ramps and lifts to street level now open

London Transport - Buses

Bus

Parking

  • On street outside and close to station (parking meters)

Taxis

  • None

Shops

  • Several local shops
  • Local Newsagent and Post Office (also sells Travel Cards)

Comments

  • Tourist and commuter station
 

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Greenwich England is where East meets West at the Greenwich Meridian (0° Longitude); World Time is set Greenwich Mean Time. Remember the new millennium started in 2001.

Greenwich lies on the River Thames, a few minutes by rail or tube, or a short river cruise from central London.  If you want to visit Greenwich and information on visiting London, England then see Greenwich Info.  There is the famous Cutty Sark to visit and the Royal Naval College.  Just down river is the Thames Barrier which is close to London City Airport

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich is in Greenwich Park along with the National Maritime Museum and the Queens House (on which the White House in Washington DC, USA is based).  For information on astronomy visit Greenwich Star

The London Marathon starts in Greenwich Park every Spring.

Greenwich has a long heritage; it was the birth place of King Henry VIII and his daughters Queen Mary (Bloody Mary) and Queen Elizabeth I (The Virgin Queen).  All the English monarchs can be found at Royal History.

It has seen many famous visitors from Peter the Great through Charles Dickens to Bob Hope.  This and a lot more in Greenwich Past.

For information on all the other places in the world called Greenwich including Greenwich Village, New York City, USA then visit Greenwich Town.

Visit the Greenwich Book Shelf where you can buy titles old and new.

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