Bearsted railway station

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.[3]

Bearsted
Location
PlaceBearsted
Local authorityMaidstone (borough)
Grid referenceTQ798561
Operations
Station codeBSD
Managed bySoutheastern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryD
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.397 million
2015/16 0.398 million
2016/17 0.391 million
2017/18 0.386 million
2018/19 0.392 million
History
1 July 1884Opened as Bearsted
1 July 1907Renamed Bearsted & Thurnham[1]
12 May 1980Renamed Bearsted[2]
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bearsted from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Inside the station building are a manned 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

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.[4] The goods yard was on the up side. It comprised three sidings, one of which served a goods shed.[5] A 30 cwt-capacity crane was provided.[6] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 7 October 1968. The signal box closed on 14 April 1984.[7] A refuge siding was located on the down side.[6]

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Canterbury West calling at all stations, one train per hour to Ashford International calling at Ashford only and two trains an hour to London Victoria. The station also has services to and from London Blackfriars in the peak on Mondays to Fridays. In December 2019, the new Thameslink Maidstone East to Cambridge service will start, the first few trains in the morning will start at Ashford International rather than Maidstone East and the last few trains in the evening will continue to Ashford International rather than terminating at Maidstone East.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Maidstone East   Southeastern
Maidstone East Line		   Hollingbourne

References
  1. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 90.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 30.
  3. Yonge 2008, maps 7, 11A.
  4. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
  5. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Bearsted.
  6. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 85.
  7. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 89.
Sources
  • Butt, R. V .J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 45 6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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