Stone Crossing  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Stone, Borough of Dartford England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°27′5.03″N 0°15′50.13″E / 51.4513972°N 0.2639250°E | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ573749 | ||||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | SCG | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 2 November 1908 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.236 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.252 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  82,318 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.174 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.222 million | ||||
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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.
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 unstaffed thereafter. A PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine was in due course installed and issued 'Permits to Travel' - exchanged on-train or at staffed 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]