Lenham railway station

Lenham railway station serves Lenham in Kent, England. It is 49 miles 11 chains (79.1 km) down the line from London Victoria.

Lenham
Location
PlaceLenham
Local authorityMaidstone
Grid referenceTQ891518
Operations
Station codeLEN
Managed bySoutheastern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.108 million
2015/16 98,380
2016/17 94,956
2017/18 96,656
2018/19 0.112 million
History
Key datesOpened 1 July 1884 (1 July 1884)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lenham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern. It was built by Christopher John Townsend.

History

Lenham station opened on 1 July 1884 as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's extension of the line from Maidstone to Ashford West.[1] The goods yard comprised four sidings on the down side and one on the up side. One of the down sidings served a goods shed, which was used by the Morello Cheery Works and a local bacon factory.[2]

In 1961, loops were installed in both directions. Freight facilities were withdrawn on 6 January 1969.[3] Although a new signal box was provided in 1961, it closed on 28 May 1984.[4]

The ticket office is staffed for only part of the day; at other times a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, located outside the station building on the 'down' side, suffices.

A new footbridge replaced the life-expired concrete footbridge spanning the tracks here, completed in early 2010.

Services

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

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Harrietsham   Southeastern
Maidstone East Line		   Charing

References
  1. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
  2. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Lenham.
  3. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 101.
  4. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustrations 103.
Sources
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 45 6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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