Kearsney railway station is on the
Dover branch of the
Chatham Main Line in England, and serves
Kearsney and
Temple Ewell
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. It is down the line from and is situated between and , the terminus.
The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by
Southeastern
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.
The booking office in the station building on the country-bound platform is open only for very limited hours on Mondays to Fridays mornings but a Permit To Travel ticket machine (also on the country-bound platform) caters for out-of-hours ticketing.
The station and the line it serves were built by the
London, Chatham & Dover Railway
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as the station for
Temple Ewell
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and the parish of
River
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. The community of Kearsney grew around the Railway Bell Hotel which was on the main Dover to London road. The station had a small goods siding, and a siding for passenger trains. The next stop towards the coast was Dover, and there was also a loop that took the railway directly onto the
Kent Coast Line towards , bypassing Dover. In the early days of the railway this meant trains did not always have to make the steep climb out of Dover. In practice the loop was little used for passenger trains, and mainly used by freight. Latterly the line was used by coal trains to Richborough power station.
Services
All services at Kearsney are operated by
Southeastern
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using
EMUs
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* Emu
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.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
* 1 tph to via
* 1 tph to
Additional services including trains to and from and
London Cannon Street
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call at the station in the peak hours.
References
External links
Dover District
Railway stations in Kent
DfT Category E stations
Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862
Railway stations served by Southeastern
1862 establishments in England
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