Kemsley railway station is on the
Sheerness Line in north
Kent
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, England, and serves the village of
Kemsley
Kemsley is a suburb of Sittingbourne in Kent, England.
According to Edward Hasted, in 1798, who quoted Asserius Menevensis in his survey, the Danes built themselves a fortress or castle here in 893. At a place called 'Kemsley downe'. This then la ...
. It is down the line from . Train services are provided by
Southeastern
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.
History
The station was opened by the
Southern Railway as Kemsley Halt on 1 January 1927. It was renamed to Kemsley by
British Rail
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on 5 May 1969.
Facilities
There are two platforms but no station building at this unstaffed location. Access between the two platforms is via a footbridge or the road bridge (for step-free access) to the north of the station. Services towards
Swale
Swale or Swales may refer to:
Topography
* Swale (landform), a low tract of land
** Bioswale, landform designed to remove silt and pollution
** Swales, found in the formation of Hummocky cross-stratification
Geography
* River Swale, in North ...
,
Queenborough
Queenborough is a town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England.
Queenborough is south of Sheerness. It grew as a port near the Thames Estuary at the westward entrance to the Swale where it joins the River M ...
and
Sheerness-on-Sea depart from platform 1. Services to and London depart from platform 2.
Services
All services at Kemsley 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
* 1 tph to
During the peak hours, the service is increased to 2 tph.
Connections with trains to and
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 ...
can be made by changing at Sittingbourne.
References
External links
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Railway stations in Swale
DfT Category F2 stations
Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1927
Railway stations served by Southeastern