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Location notes
Northfleet station is on the North Kent Line between Dartford and Gravesend. The station is 400 metres from the recently opened Ebbsfleet International station.
Railway type and traffic
The station has a good variety of both freight and passenger units. South Eastern classes 376, 465 and 466s serve the station and at times speed pass.
Freight-wise you get Freightliner 66s and DB Schenker 59s 60s and 66s passing by light engine and with freight.
Freight-wise you get Freightliner 66s and DB Schenker 59s 60s and 66s passing by light engine and with freight.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Northfleet Station
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Environment
Northfleet station is mostly quiet during the day but its best avoided at night, its not too far from both Northfleet and Gravesend town centres.
Road directions
From the M25, Junction 2:
Go on the A2 heading east (signposted Canterbury, Dover) and get off where its signposted Gravesend (W) A2260, go along the A2260 then the A226 towards Northfleet then you should see the high street and the station is signposted.
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Northfleet Station map co-ordinates
Go on the A2 heading east (signposted Canterbury, Dover) and get off where its signposted Gravesend (W) A2260, go along the A2260 then the A226 towards Northfleet then you should see the high street and the station is signposted.
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Northfleet Station map co-ordinates
Parking
There is parking outside the station but its very limited.
Public transport
Northfleet is easy to get to by bus, Arriva Kent Thameside routes 480, 490, 455 and 499 all go near the station so does the Fastrack services.
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Amenities
There is a Fish and Chip shop just outside the station, unfortunately there are no toilets nearby.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Northfleet Station
Streetmap links
Northfleet Station general view map
Northfleet Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Northfleet Station
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Northfleet Station
Googly map
Northfleet Station general view map
Northfleet Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Northfleet Station
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Photographic notes
The light is good all day but in winter the low lying sun can ruin shots taken from platform 1.
Platform 2 has the best views as you can see trains coming from the west from quite far.
Platform 2 has the best views as you can see trains coming from the west from quite far.
General views - All photographs © Steven Thomas unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Fig 2 - Looking east
Fig 3 - Looking west
Eastbound workings can be see approaching from over the hedge.
Location Video
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
