Sheerness-on-Sea railway station

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Sheerness-on-Sea
Location	Sheerness, Swale England
Grid reference	TQ917748
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SSS
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1 June 1883	Opened
8 November 1914	Closed
2 January 1922	Reopened
Passengers
2016/17	0.433 million
2017/18	0.450 million
2018/19	0.440 million
2019/20	0.429 million
2020/21	0.133 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Sheerness. It is 51 miles 19 chains (82.5 km) down the line from London Victoria.

Train services are provided by Southeastern.

History[]

The station in 1987. A Class 423 can also be seen.

For a period up to 1973 hourly direct services to London Victoria left from platform 2. By 1978 direct services ran only in peak hours, the fastest taking 98mins to reach Victoria,^[1] slower than the fastest 81mins, and off-peak half-hourly 94 mins to London St Pancras International 35 years later, which require a change.^[2]

After the withdrawal of the Class 411 4-CEPs, services from August 1998 to December 2006 were operated by the Class 508. From the December 2006 timetable change, the two coach Class 466 were used. In 2019, in order to comply with accessibility requirements, the trains were replaced with Class 375 Electrostars, most commonly the 3-car variants.

Accidents and incidents[]

• On 26 February 1971, a train formed of five 2HAP electric multiple units overran the buffers and demolished the station building. One person was killed and ten were injured.^[3]

Services[]

All services at Sheerness-on-Sea 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

During the weekday peak hours, the station is also served by two trains per day between to and from 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
Queenborough		Southeastern Sheerness Line		Terminus
		Southeastern Chatham Main Line Peak Hours Only

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sheerness-on-Sea railway station.

• Train times and station information for Sheerness-on-Sea railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 51°26′28″N 0°45′31″E / 51.4410°N 0.7585°E / 51.4410; 0.7585