Northfleet railway station

Northfleet
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Location
Place	Northfleet
Local authority	Borough of Gravesham
Grid reference	TQ615744
Operations
Station code	NFL
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	61,936
2005/06	71,419
2006/07	70,811
2007/08	96,510
2008/09	92,880
2009/10	74,822
2010/11	76,564
2011/12	70,506
2012/13	71,012
History
Key dates	Opened 29 July 1849 (29 July 1849)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Northfleet from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Northfleet railway station serves the town of Northfleet in North Kent. Train services are operated by Southeastern.

The ticket office, on the 'down' side, is situated in the substantial station building. This is manned only during part of the day; at other times a PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine used to issue 'Permits to Travel' (which were exchanged on-train or at manned stations for travel tickets), but has since been replaced by a machine offering pickup of pre-booked tickets only.

The station is very close to Ebbsfleet International station (the NNE entrance is only 334 yards (305 m) from Northfleet's station), but passengers (using public transport) will find it far easier to access Ebbsfleet International from Gravesend or Greenhithe, as these stations are more accessible and offer easy access to Fastrack bus services. The walking route between the two stations is 0.6 miles (1 km) or 0.8 miles (1.3 km) and a suitable pedestrian link has not been built because of funding issues and objections from Land Securities.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross via Dartford, Sidcup and Lewisham
• 2tph to Gravesend

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Swanscombe		Southeastern North Kent Line		Gravesend

External links

• Train times and station information for Northfleet railway station from National Rail