East Malling railway station

East Malling railway station serves the village of East Malling in Kent, and is close to Ditton, Larkfield and Leybourne. It is 35 miles 64 chains (57.6 km) down the line from London Victoria.

East Malling
Location
Place	East Malling
Local authority	Tonbridge and Malling
Grid reference	TQ702568
Operations
Station code	EML
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.100 million
2015/16	0.102 million
2016/17	97,322
2017/18	0.103 million
2018/19	0.107 million
History
Key dates	Opened May 1913 (May 1913)
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at East Malling from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station, and most trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern.

History

East Malling Halt opened in 1913. The station is at high level, adjacent to the railway bridge over the High Street, and the platforms are accessed by steps from street level: there are no lifts. [1] Originally built of sleepers,[2] the halt was rebuilt in concrete in the late 1950s.[3] About a mile (1.6 km) east of the station, a siding served a small quarry in the 1930s. Further east still, were the two Preston Hall Tunnels, of 33 yards (30 m) and 54 yards (49 m) length. These had been removed by 1995.[1]

The ticket office here closed by 1988; it was located in a wooden building on the up (London-bound) platform, where the part retained as a shelter continues in use. A PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, located at road level at the foot of the steep staircase to the up platform, suffices. There is a metal shelter on the down platform, where extensive underpinning of the concrete platform took place in 2006. The platforms were extended in the late 1980s to take 8-car trains, having previously been of 6-car length only.

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
West Malling		Southeastern Maidstone East Line		Barming

Notes

1. Mitchell & Smith 1995, East Malling.
2. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustrations 63 & 64.
3. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 65.

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 East Malling railway station from National Rail