Aylesham railway station
Aylesham  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Aylesham |
| Local authority | District of Dover |
| Coordinates | 51°13′39″N 1°12′34″E / 51.227367°N 1.209483°ECoordinates: 51°13′39″N 1°12′34″E / 51.227367°N 1.209483°E |
| Grid reference | TR241524 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | AYH |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 72,766 |
| 2011/12 |
71,352 |
| 2012/13 |
68,472 |
| 2013/14 |
68,376 |
| 2014/15 |
 80,828 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 July 1928 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aylesham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Aylesham railway station serves Aylesham in the English county of Kent. It is served by Southeastern.
The station lies on the Canterbury East to Dover Priory line. It was built by Southern Railway 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 manned on Mondays to Saturdays mornings and a "Permit to Travel" 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
The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.
Off Peak Journey Times
To:
- Canterbury East - 11 Minutes
- Dover Priory - 15 Minutes
- Faversham - 26 Minutes
- London St Pancras - 1 Hour 41 Minutes (with one change at Dover Priory)
- London St Pancras - 1 Hour 46 Minutes (with one change at Faversham)
- London Victoria - 1 Hour 47 Minutes
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Adisham | Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Snowdown | ||
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
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External links
- Train times and station information for Aylesham railway station from National Rail