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

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. 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

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
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