Maidstone Barracks railway station
Location | Maidstone, Maidstone England |
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Grid reference | TQ754561 |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | MDB |
Classification | DfT category F1 |
History | |
Opened | 1 July 1874 |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 0.272 million |
Interchange | 55,209 |
2017/18 | 0.282 million |
Interchange | 0.214 million |
2018/19 | 0.295 million |
Interchange | 0.261 million |
2019/20 | 0.290 million |
Interchange | 0.232 million |
2020/21 | 67,246 |
Interchange | 55,898 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Maidstone Barracks railway station is one of three railway stations which serve the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. Originally opened as Barracks station, it is named after the nearby Invicta Park Barracks and lies on the Medway Valley Line, 42 miles (68 km) from London Charing Cross via Strood between Aylesford and Maidstone West. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
The station has been unstaffed since September 1989 and the booking office on the Strood-bound platform was subsequently demolished. A PERTIS (permit to travel) passenger-operated self-service ticket machine was installed on the Strood-bound platform in 2007–08.
Services[]
All services at Maidstone Barracks are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]
Additional services between Strood and Maidstone West call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the frequency to 2 tph in each direction.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southeastern Medway Valley Line |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Table 208 National Rail timetable, May 2020
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maidstone Barracks railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Maidstone Barracks railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 51°16′38.30″N 0°30′50.72″E / 51.2773056°N 0.5140889°E
- Railway stations in Kent
- Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- Maidstone
- Kent railway station stubs