Stone Crossing railway station

Stone Crossing railway station is located on the North Kent line, north-east of the village of Stone and east of Dartford. It was originally named Stone Crossing Halt. It is 19 miles 7 chains (30.7 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. Trains are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink.

Stone Crossing
Location
PlaceStone
Local authorityBorough of Dartford
Coordinates51°27′5.03″N 0°15′50.13″E
Grid referenceTQ573749
Operations
Station codeSCG
Managed bySoutheastern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.181 million
2015/16 0.180 million
2016/17 0.195 million
2017/18 0.195 million
2018/19 0.237 million
History
Key datesOpened 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.

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. In October 2016 the PERTIS machine was removed and replaced with a new ticket machine. The ticket machine is of the newer secure design and only accepts Card Payments. A ticket office service is now provided for 3½ hours in the morning on weekdays.[1]

Layout

Planning applications were lodged by Network Rail in the autumn of 2016 for a footbridge to be built (replacing the level crossing) at a reported cost of over £2 million .[2] The level crossing closed on 25 February 2018 and the following day an adjacent footbridge for pedestrians was opened.[3]

Services

The typical off-peak service pattern is as follows:

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

References
  1. https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/SCG/details.html
  2. "Application for prior approval for the construction of a new footbridge pursuant to Section 3, Part 18 Condition A of Schedule 2 the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015". Dartford Borough Council. 7 October 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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