Farningham Road railway station is on the
Chatham Main Line in England, serving the villages of
Farningham
Farningham is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located south-east of Swanley.
It has a population of 1,314.
History
Farningham is believed to be home to Neolithic history – flint and other tools ha ...
,
Sutton-at-Hone,
Horton Kirby
Horton Kirby is a village in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.9 miles east of Swanley & 4.9 miles south of Dartford. Together with the nearby village of South Darenth, it forms the Horton Kirby and South Darenth civil p ...
and
South Darenth, Kent. It is down the line from and is situated between and .
The station and all trains that call are operated by
Southeastern
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each se ...
.
The ticket office, on the 'up' (London-bound) side, is situated in the substantial station building. This is staffed only during part of the day; at other times a
PERTIS
In the ticketing system of the British rail network, a Permit to Travel provisionally allows passengers to travel on a train when they have not purchased a ticket in advance and the ticket office of the station they are travelling from is closed ...
passenger-operated ticket machine issues permits to travel, which are exchanged on-train or at staffed stations for travel tickets, and is located on the 'down' (country-bound) platform.
The railway line was electrified as part of the
Southern Railway's "Maidstone & Gillingham Electrification" scheme of July 1939.
The station was previously named Farningham Road & Sutton-at-Hone.
Services
All services at Farningham Road are operated by
Southeastern
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using , and
EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
* 1 tph to via
* 1 tph to
During the peak hours, the service is increased to 2 tph.
References
External links
Kent Rail's page on Farningham Road
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farningham Road Railway Station
Transport in the Borough of Dartford
Railway stations in Kent
Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1860
Railway stations served by Southeastern