Aylesham railway station

Railway station in Kent, England

51°13′39″N 1°12′34″E / 51.227367°N 1.209483°E / 51.227367; 1.209483Grid referenceTR241524Managed bySoutheasternPlatforms2Other informationStation codeAYHClassificationDfT category EHistoryOpened1 July 1928Passengers2018/19

0.120 million2019/20

0.122 million2020/21

44,8842021/22

96,9922022/23

0.103 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Aylesham railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the village of Aylesham, Kent. It is 68 miles 66 chains (110.8 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Adisham and Snowdown.

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.

It was built by the Southern Railway and opened on 1 July 1928 to cater for the considerable increase in passenger traffic brought about by the development of the Kent coalfield. The main station buildings are on the London-bound side of the station.

The station booking office is staffed on Mondays to Saturdays mornings and a self-service ticket machine is located on the London-bound platform.

History

Opened by the Southern Railway the station passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.

Services

All services at Aylesham are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[1]

1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham
1 tph to Dover Priory

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Adisham		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch		Snowdown

References

References

^ Table 212 National Rail timetable, December 2022

Sources

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Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.