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Cuxton railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in
Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England, and lies well to the east of the village of
Cuxton Cuxton is a village in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England. It lies on the left bank of the River Medway in the North Downs. It is served by the A228, and Cuxton railway station on the Medway Valley Line between Strood and Maid ...
. It is down the line from London Charing Cross via and is situated between Strood and . The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.


History

The
APTIS APTIS was the Accountancy and Passenger Ticket Issuing System used on the British Rail/National Rail network until 2007. It was originally called "Advanced Passenger Ticket Issuing System" as it was being developed at the time of the Advanced P ...
-equipped ticket office, in an imposing building on the northbound platform, closed in September 1989; the building remains disused and is in poor condition although some efforts have been made in recent years to stem the decay and deter vandalism. A PERTIS (Permit to Travel) ticket machine is located at the entrance to the northbound platform; this was installed in 2007. The wooden level crossing gates were replaced with manually operated barriers controlled from the signalbox.


Services

All services at Cuxton are operated by Southeastern using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to * 2 tph to via A small number of morning, mid afternoon and late evening trains continue beyond Paddock Wood to . On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.


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Railway stations in Medway DfT Category F2 stations Transport in Medway Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 Railway stations served by Southeastern 1856 establishments in England {{Kent-railstation-stub