Kemsley railway station
Kemsley railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the village of Kemsley. It is 45 miles 20 chains (72.8 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern.[1]
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Location | Kemsley, Swale England |
Grid reference | TQ905660 |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | KML |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
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1 January 1927 | Opened |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
History
The station was opened by the Southern Railway as Kemsley Halt on 1 January 1927. It was renamed to Kemsley by British Rail on 5 May 1969.[2]
Facilities
There are two platforms but no station building at this unstaffed location. Access between the two platforms is via a footbridge or the road bridge (for step-free access) to the north of the station. Services towards Swale, Queenborough and Sheerness-on-Sea depart from platform 1. Services to Sittingbourne and London depart from platform 2.[3]
Services
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The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to Sheerness-on-Sea and two trains per hour to Sittingbourne, for connections to London.[4]
Since January 2015, Southeastern operate two direct services from Sheerness-on-Sea to London Victoria in the morning peak. These services do not stop at Sittingbourne by using the third side of a triangle junction (Western Junction) that links the Sheerness Line to the west bound Chatham Main Line. There are also two return services from London Victoria to Sheerness-on-Sea in the evening peak. These services do not stop at Swale.[5][4]:17
There is also one very early morning train towards Sheerness-on-Sea that starts from Gillingham. This also uses the Western Junction to connect to the Sheerness Line from the Chatham Main Line. As a result, this service also does not stop at Sittingbourne although it does stop at Swale.[4]:7
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Southeastern London to Sheerness peak hours only |
References
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- "Kemsley Train Station". directrail.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- Butt 1995, p. 130.
- "Kemsley". Southeastern. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Timetable 2 - London to Medway Towns, Sittingbourne, Sheerness-on-Sea, Faversham, Dover and Ramsgate" (PDF). SouthEastern. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Table 212 - Network Rail timetable" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2016.
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.