Bearsted railway station

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Bearsted
National Rail
Bearsted Station 03.JPG
LocationBearsted, Maidstone (borough)
England
Grid referenceTQ798561
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBSD
ClassificationDfT category D
Key dates
1 July 1884Opened as Bearsted
1 July 1907Renamed Bearsted & Thurnham[1][2]
12 May 1980Renamed Bearsted[3]
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 0.391 million
2017/18Decrease 0.386 million
2018/19Increase 0.392 million
2019/20Decrease 0.380 million
2020/21Decrease 76,660
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bearsted railway station serves Bearsted in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. It is 42 miles 59 chains (68.8 km) down the line from London Victoria via Herne Hill.[4]

Inside the station building are a manned and self-service ticket sales and a café. A new footbridge was built on the opposite side of the station from the original in 2011.

History[]

Bearsted station opened on 1 July 1884 as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's extension of the line from Maidstone to Ashford West.[5] The goods yard was on the up side. It comprised three sidings, one of which served a goods shed.[6] A 30 cwt-capacity crane was provided.[7] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 7 October 1968. The signal box closed on 14 April 1984.[8] A refuge siding was located on the down side.[7]

Services[]

Current Services[]

All services at Bearsted are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[needs update] [9]

Additional services including trains to London Blackfriars run during the peak hours.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service between London Victoria and Ramsgate via Canterbury West.

Future Services[]

In December 2019, it was planned that a new Thameslink service between Maidstone East and Cambridge service would start with the first and last trains extended to Ashford International and therefore calling at Bearsted. However the introduction of this service has now been postponed to an unknown date.[10]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southeastern

References[]

  1. ^ "Minute No. 6232". Minutes of Meeting of the Superintendents' Conference (Report). London: Railway Clearing House. 2 July 1907. (Unpublished).
  2. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 90.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 30.
  4. ^ Yonge 2008, maps 7, 11A.
  5. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
  6. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Bearsted.
  7. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 85.
  8. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 89.
  9. ^ "Timetable 3: London to Ashford and Canterbury via Maidstone East" (PDF). Southeastern, May 2020.
  10. ^ "Thameslink at Maidstone East will not launch in December 2019". Kent Online, September 2019.
Sources
  • Butt, R. V .J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 45 6.
  • Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.

External links[]

Coordinates: 51°16′34″N 0°34′41″E / 51.276°N 0.578°E / 51.276; 0.578


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