Alphabetically the first railway station on the list in Britain [1]! Abbey Wood is a stop on the North Kent Line in east London between
Plumstead and
Belvedere and also a terminus of the Elizabeth Line.
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| An Elizabeth Line train rests at Abbey Wood |
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail
(North Kent Line) &
Transport for London (Elizabeth Line) |
| Station code: |
ABW |
| Opened: |
1849 |
| Platforms: |
4 |
The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1849. In 1899 it became part of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway. The station, in 1986, became one of the first stations to have an APTIS equipped ticket office, within a few years this became the standard across all stations on the network. The station was also rebuilt in 1987.
[1] The last station in the alphabet is
Ystrad Rhondda in south-east Wales. There are a few closed railway stations which would come before Abbey Wood in the alphabet.
Abbey, later called
Abbey and West Dereham, is possibly the station which would come first of all. The Norfolk station closed in 1930. It was close to
Stoke Ferry which we have covered.
