Stone Crossing railway station

Stone Crossing
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Location
Place	Stone
Local authority	Borough of Dartford
Grid reference	TQ573749
Operations
Station code	SCG
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	0.164 million
2005/06	0.146 million
2006/07	0.152 million
2007/08	0.167 million
2008/09	0.123 million
2009/10	0.123 million
2010/11	0.139 million
2011/12	0.172 million
2012/13	0.140 million
2013/14	0.165 million
History
Key dates	Opened 2 November 1908 (2 November 1908)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stone Crossing from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Stone Crossing railway station is located on the North Kent line, just east of Dartford. The station is 19 miles (31 km) from London Charing Cross. Trains are operated by Southeastern.

Train services from the station run eastbound to Gravesend and early morning and late evening onward to Gillingham. Westbound trains run to London Charing Cross via one of the three lines into Central London, the Dartford Loop Line via Sidcup, the Bexleyheath Line or the North Kent Line via Woolwich Arsenal.

Before rail privatisation, a ticket office was provided here, on the 'up' side, in the signal cabin adjacent to the level crossing gates at the eastern end of the station. This became unmanned thereafter. A PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine was in due course installed and issued 'Permits to Travel' - exchanged on-train or at manned stations for travel tickets. A ticket office service is now provided for 3½ hours in the morning by a clerk with an Avantix Mobile machine.

Services

The typical off-peak service pattern is as follows:

• 2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross via Sidcup
• 2tph to Gravesend

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dartford		Southeastern North Kent Line		Greenhithe

External links

• Train times and station information for Stone Crossing railway station from National Rail