Bearsted railway station
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Bearsted  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Bearsted, Maidstone (borough) England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ798561 | ||||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BSD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 July 1884 | Opened as Bearsted | ||||
| 1 July 1907 | Renamed Bearsted & Thurnham[1][2] | ||||
| 12 May 1980 | Renamed Bearsted[3] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.392 million | ||||
| 2019/20 |  0.380 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 76,660 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.203 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.262 million | ||||
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Bearsted railway station serves Bearsted in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. It is 42 miles 59 chains (68.8 km) down the line from London Victoria via Herne Hill.[4]
Inside the station building are staffed and self-service ticket sales and a café. A new footbridge was built on the opposite side of the station from the original in 2011.
History
[edit]Bearsted 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.[5] The goods yard was on the up side. It comprised three sidings, one of which served a goods shed.[6] A 30 cwt-capacity crane was provided.[7] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 7 October 1968. The signal box closed on 14 April 1984.[8] A refuge siding was located on the down side.[7]
Services
[edit]All services at Bearsted are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[9]
- 1 tph to London Victoria via Maidstone East
- 1 tph to Ashford International
Additional services, including trains to and from London Charing Cross call at the station during the peak hours.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Southeastern | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Minute No. 6232". Minutes of Meeting of the Superintendents' Conference (Report). London: Railway Clearing House. 2 July 1907. (Unpublished).
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 90.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 30.
- ^ Yonge 2008, maps 7, 11A.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Bearsted.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 85.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 89.
- ^ Table 197 National Rail timetable, June 2024
- Sources
- Butt, R. V .J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-45-6.
- Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Bearsted railway station from National Rail
51°16′34″N 0°34′41″E / 51.276°N 0.578°E
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