Ebbsfleet International railway station
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Ebbsfleet International railway station is in Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent, 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of London, England, near Dartford and the Bluewater shopping centre to the west and Gravesend to the east. The station, part of the Thames Gateway urban regeneration project, is on the High Speed 1 (HS1) rail line, 400 metres (1,300 feet) south-west of Northfleet railway station, off the A2 trunk road, 5 mi (8.0 km) from its junction with the M25 motorway. It served as a primary park-and-rail service for the London 2012 Olympics.
General information | |||||
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Location | Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent, Borough of Dartford England | ||||
Grid reference | TQ613741 | ||||
Owned by | London and Continental Railways | ||||
Managed by | Network Rail | ||||
Platforms | 6 (4 domestic, 2 international) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | EBD | ||||
IATA code | XQE | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 19 November 2007; 16 years ago (2007-11-19) | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 2.107 million | ||||
Interchange | 57,296 | ||||
2019/20 | 1.978 million | ||||
Interchange | 58,888 | ||||
2020/21 | 0.417 million | ||||
Interchange | 19,330 | ||||
2021/22 | 1.213 million | ||||
Interchange | 44,469 | ||||
2022/23 | 1.559 million | ||||
Interchange | 82,975 | ||||
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Ebbsfleet International is owned by HS1 Ltd, which operates the High Speed 1 railway and St Pancras railway station, Stratford International, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International.