Barming railway station

Barming railway station is located in Tonbridge and Malling Borough, west of Maidstone in Kent, England, and approximately 1 mile from Barming and Maidstone Hospital. It is 37 miles 43 chains (60.4 km) down the line from London Victoria.

Barming
Location
Place	Barming
Local authority	Tonbridge and Malling
Grid reference	TQ729568
Operations
Station code	BMG
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.130 million
2015/16	0.136 million
2016/17	0.143 million
2017/18	0.142 million
2018/19	0.169 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1 June 1874 (1 June 1874)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Barming from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station in 1961

Barming station and most of the trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

History

Barming station opened on 1 June 1874 as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's Maidstone Line from Swanley Junction to Maidstone.[1] The goods yard had two sidings, one of which served a goods shed.[2] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 5 December 1960.[3] The signal box closed on 24 April 1982.[4]

The platforms are of 6-car length only, despite the majority of services throughout the day being formed of 8 cars. The original station building remains on the down (Country-bound) platform 2, with a substantial wooden shelter on the up (London-bound) platform. The ticket office is manned for limited hours during the morning peak period on Mondays to Fridays; at other times a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, also located on the down platform, suffices. A passenger information screen is located on the down platform 2 and provides information relating to train running times for both platforms. The station entrances/exits are on the down Platform 2. There is no level access to Platform 1.

The concrete footbridge which spanned the tracks at the western end of the station, linking the platforms, was life-expired and demolished in early 2013. It was an example of the standard pre-fabricated design built at the Southern Railway's concrete factory at Exmouth Junction, east of Exeter. The replacement footbridge to the standard Network Rail design is at the extreme eastern end of the station.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ashford International via Maidstone East and one train per hour to London Victoria.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
East Malling		Southeastern Maidstone East Line		Maidstone East

Car park

Barming Station has an 88-capacity car park [pay and display] operated for Southeastern by fellow Go-Ahead group company Meteor Parking. It has 2 ticket machines which accept cash and credit/debit cards. The car park adjoins the down Platform 2. Alternatively, car park patrons may pay at the station ticket office when open.

Notes

1. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
2. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Barming.
3. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 68.
4. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 67.

References

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-873793-45-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Train times and station information for Barming railway station from National Rail