Kemsley railway station

Railway station in Kent, England

Kemsley

General information

Location

Kemsley, Swale
England

Grid reference

TQ905660

Managed by

Southeastern

Platforms

Other information

Station code

KML

Classification

DfT category F2

Key dates

1 January 1927

Opened

Passengers

2018/19

0.180 million

2019/20

0.194 million

2020/21

72,874

2021/22

0.152 million

2022/23

0.154 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Kemsley railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the village of Kemsley. It is 45 miles 20 chains (72.8 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern.^[1]

History

The station was opened by the Southern Railway as Kemsley Halt on 1 January 1927. It was renamed to Kemsley by British Rail on 5 May 1969.^[2]

Facilities

There are two platforms but no station building at this unstaffed location. Access between the two platforms is via a footbridge or the road bridge (for step-free access) to the north of the station. Services towards Swale, Queenborough and Sheerness-on-Sea depart from platform 1. Services to Sittingbourne and London depart from platform 2.^[3]

Services

Station map in relation to the local area

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

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Sheerness-on-Sea and Sittingbourne, from where connections are available to London Victoria, London St Pancras International, Dover Priory and Ramsgate. During the peak hours, the service is increased to two trains per hour in each direction.^[4]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sittingbourne		Southeastern Sheerness Line		Swale

References

^ "Kemsley Train Station". directrail.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ Butt 1995, p. 130.
^ "Kemsley". Southeastern. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
^ Table 212 National Rail timetable, December 2023

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kemsley railway station.

Train times and station information for Kemsley railway station from National Rail
Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.