Aylesham railway station
Aylesham railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the village of Aylesham, Kent. It is 68 miles 66 chains (110.8 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Adisham and Snowdown.
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| Location | Aylesham, District of Dover England |
| Coordinates | 51.227367°N 1.209483°E |
| Grid reference | TR241524 |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | AYH |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 July 1928 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  83,346 |
| 2016/17 | 88,752 |
| 2017/18 | 109,050 |
| 2018/19 | 120,244 |
| 2019/20 | 121,648 |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
It was built by the Southern Railway and opened on 1 July 1928 to cater for the considerable increase in passenger traffic brought about by the development of the Kent coalfield. The main station buildings are on the London-bound side of the station.
The station booking office is manned on Mondays to Saturdays mornings and a self-service ticket machine is located on the London-bound platform.
History
Opened by the Southern Railway the station passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.
Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
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External links
- Train times and station information for Aylesham railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Adisham | Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Snowdown | ||