Gillingham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Gillingham, Kent. It is down the line from and is situated between and Rainham. The station and most 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 ...

. Following a timetable change on Sunday 20 May 2018, some trains are also operated by Govia Thameslink. It is commonly suffixed as ''Gillingham (Kent)'' to distinguish it from the similarly named station in Dorset. The station first opened in 1858. It currently has three platforms (two for London-bound services and one for country-bound services) and a passenger lift from the station entrance to the platforms. The station underwent an extensive facelift between 2010 and 2012. This included a new entrance, better pavements, new roof, refurbished waiting rooms, and new cycle storage units. Gillingham (Kent) Station geograph-3884414-by-Ben-Brooksbank

Gillingham (Kent) Station geograph-3884414-by-Ben-Brooksbank

Platforms at Gillingham Station (2) - geograph

Services

Services at Gillingham are operated by

and

Thameslink Thameslink is a 24-hour main-line route in the British railway system, running from , , , and via central London to Sutton, , , Rainham, , , , and . The network opened as a through service in 1988, with severe overcrowding by 1998, carrying ...

using , , , and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to

London St Pancras International St Pancras railway station (), also known as London St Pancras or St Pancras International and officially since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. It i ...

* 3 tph to (2 of these run non-stop from and 1 runs via ) * 2 tph to via and * 2 tph to * 1 tph to via * 2 tph to Additional services including trains to and from and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

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Southeastern Railway - Gillingham (Kent) Station
{{TSGN and SE Stations, Chatham=y, Abbey Wood=y, Sidcup=y, High Speed=y, FCC None=y, SN None=y Railway stations in Medway DfT Category C1 stations Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858 Railway stations served by Southeastern Gillingham, Kent Train driver depots in England Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway