Aylesham railway station

Aylesham
Location	Aylesham, District of Dover England
Coordinates	51°13′39″N 1°12′34″E / 51.227367°N 1.209483°E / 51.227367; 1.209483Coordinates: 51°13′39″N 1°12′34″E / 51.227367°N 1.209483°E / 51.227367; 1.209483
Grid reference	TR241524
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AYH
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1 July 1928
Passengers
2016/17	88,752
2017/18	109,050
2018/19	120,244
2019/20	121,648
2020/21	44,884
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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[]

All services at Aylesham are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[1]

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham
• 1 tph to Dover Priory

During the peak hours, the service is increased to 2 tph.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Adisham		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch		Snowdown

References[]

References

Sources

• 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.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aylesham railway station.

• Train times and station information for Aylesham railway station from National Rail
• Station on navigable O.S. map