Woolwich Arsenal train station
You can reach 65 stations directly from Woolwich Arsenal on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Bridge, with 331 trains a day.
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Woolwich Arsenal is the nearest station for postcodes in SE18. Check your own postcode.
- 65 direct destinations
- 263rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 110 parking spaces
- 15 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Woolwich Arsenal
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Bridge | 331 | 283 | 254 |
| London Cannon Street | 256 | 210 | 124 |
| Abbey Wood | 246 | 220 | 194 |
| Charlton | 246 | 220 | 194 |
| Plumstead | 246 | 220 | 194 |
| Slade Green | 246 | 220 | 194 |
| Belvedere | 176 | 148 | 132 |
| Erith | 176 | 148 | 132 |
| Woolwich Dockyard | 176 | 148 | 132 |
| Deptford | 173 | 149 | 194 |
| Greenwich | 173 | 149 | 194 |
| Maze Hill | 173 | 149 | 194 |
| Westcombe Park | 173 | 149 | 194 |
| New Cross | 155 | 134 | 60 |
| Dartford | 151 | 152 | 133 |
| St Johns | 142 | 134 | 60 |
| Lewisham | 139 | 134 | 60 |
| Blackheath | 138 | 134 | 60 |
| Greenhithe | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| Gravesend | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| Northfleet | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| Stone Crossing | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| Swanscombe | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| Chatham | 71 | 72 | 3 |
| Gillingham | 71 | 72 | 3 |
| Higham | 71 | 72 | 3 |
| Rochester | 71 | 72 | 3 |
| Strood | 71 | 72 | 3 |
| London Blackfriars | 70 | 72 | 56 |
| St Pancras International | 70 | 72 | 56 |
| Farringdon | 70 | 72 | 56 |
| City Thameslink | 68 | 48 | 0 |
| Barnehurst | 65 | 65 | 60 |
| Bexleyheath | 65 | 63 | 60 |
| Eltham | 65 | 63 | 60 |
| Falconwood | 65 | 63 | 60 |
| Kidbrooke | 65 | 63 | 60 |
| Rainham | 65 | 67 | 2 |
| Welling | 65 | 63 | 60 |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 57 | 60 | 7 |
and 25 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Woolwich Arsenal
Woolwich Arsenal is on the North Kent Line and the North Kent Line - Woolwich Branch, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Woolwich Arsenal station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Woolwich Arsenal station on 143 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 26 paths on the Wednesday, 9 paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 8 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 05:00 to 06:00 on the Monday, with 6 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Woolwich Arsenal station is
2,269,060 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 263rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Woolwich Arsenal and Dartford than any other pair: 293,160 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 47 stations instead of 65, a drop of about 28%. Saturday runs to 53.
Nearest other stations
- Woolwich 0.2 miles
- Plumstead 0.6 miles
- Woolwich Dockyard 0.7 miles
- Charlton 1.7 miles
- Falconwood 2.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Woolwich Arsenal, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- North Woolwich · 0.7 miles
- King George V · 0.9 miles
- Gallions · 1.2 miles
- Manor Way · 1.2 miles
- Cyprus · 1.3 miles
- London City Airport · 1.4 miles
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Facilities at Woolwich Arsenal station
Woolwich Arsenal is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:40 to 20:05 · Saturday: 06:10 to 20:05 · Sunday: 06:40 to 21:10
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Woolwich Arsenal station
- Station Car Park 110 spaces, 5 accessible
£7.70 off-peak, £8.50 a day, £33.10 a week
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 17 June 2026.
Getting to Woolwich Arsenal station
Woolwich Arsenal station is in Greenwich, London, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J4 (Charlie Brown's), 7.5 miles north.
15 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Vincent Road.
Woolwich Arsenal is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Woolwich Arsenal station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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