Kemsing railway station

Kemsing railway station serves Kemsing in Kent, England, although the station is located on the other side of the M26 motorway to the village. It is 26 miles 79 chains (43.4 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

Kemsing
Location
Place	Kemsing
Local authority	Sevenoaks
Grid reference	TQ567577
Operations
Station code	KMS
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	23,694
2015/16	25,362
2016/17	25,440
2017/18	25,366
2018/19	22,476
History
Key dates	Opened 1 June 1874 (1 June 1874)
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kemsing from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

Kemsing station opened on 1 June 1874, as part of the Maidstone Line from Swanley to Maidstone[1] The goods yard had six sidings, one of which served a goods shed.[2] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 31 October 1960.[3] The signal box closed on 30 September 1964.[4]

The station has been unstaffed since 8 February 1985. The station buildings were demolished after the station became unstaffed.[2] A PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, located outside the station at road level on the 'up' side, suffices.

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 via Otford and Bromley South.

On Sundays all trains on the line pass through without stopping. Trains do however call on Bank holidays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Otford		Southeastern Maidstone East Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Borough Green & Wrotham
	Disused railways
Sevenoaks (Bat & Ball)		London, Chatham and Dover Railway Maidstone Line		Borough Green & Wrotham

Notes

1. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
2. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Kemsing.
3. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 50.
4. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 49.

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 Kemsing railway station from National Rail