Lenham railway station
Lenham  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Lenham |
| Local authority | Maidstone |
| Grid reference | TQ891518 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LEN |
| 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* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.153 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.165 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.168 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.193 million |
| 2008/09 |
 0.176 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.132 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.117 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.125 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.114 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.104 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 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. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Lenham railway station serves Lenham in Kent, England. 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.[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 Freight facilities were withdrawn on 6 January 1969.[3] Although a new signal box was provided in 1961, it closed on 28 May 1984.[4]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 manned only during 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 Ashford International and one train per hour to London Victoria via Maidstone East. There is also a peak hour service via Thameslink across London, serving City Thameslink, Farringdon and St Pancras International before travelling onto Bedford.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrietsham | Southeastern Maidstone East Line |
Charing | ||
References
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Lenham.
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 101.
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 102.
- Sources
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 45 6.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lenham railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Lenham railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 51°14′02″N 0°42′29″E / 51.234°N 0.708°E