Kemsley railway station
Location | Kemsley, Swale England |
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Grid reference | TQ905660 |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | KML |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
Key dates | |
1 January 1927 | Opened |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 0.148 million |
2017/18 | 0.163 million |
2018/19 | 0.180 million |
2019/20 | 0.194 million |
2020/21 | 72,874 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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]
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[]
All services at Kemsley are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 465 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4][5]
- 2 tph to Sittingbourne
- 2 tph to Sheerness-on-Sea
During the weekday peak hours, the station is also served by two trains per day between Sheerness-on-Sea and London Victoria which connect directly between the Sheerness Line and the Chatham Main Line via the Western Junction, bypassing Sittingbourne. These trains also do not stop at Swale.
The station is also served by a single early morning service from Gillingham which bypasses Sittingbourne but does stop at Swale.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southeastern Sheerness Line | ||||
Southeastern Chatham Main Line Peak Hours Only |
References[]
- ^ "Kemsley Train Station". directrail.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 130.
- ^ "Kemsley". Southeastern. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Table 212 National Rail timetable, May 2020
- ^ "Timetable 2 - London to Medway Towns, Sittingbourne, Sheerness-on-Sea, Faversham, Dover and Ramsgate" (PDF). Southeastern, December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kemsley railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Kemsley railway station from National Rail
- 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.
Coordinates: 51°21′43.74″N 0°44′7.21″E / 51.3621500°N 0.7353361°E
- Railway stations in Swale
- Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1927
- Railway stations served by Southeastern