East Farleigh railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, England, located to the south-west of

Maidstone Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it wi ...

and close to the village of

East Farleigh East Farleigh is a village and civil parish in the local government district of Maidstone, Kent, England. The village is located on the south side of the River Medway about two miles (3.2 km) upstream from the town of Maidstone. Heritage The ...

, on the opposite (south) bank of the River Medway, though the station is actually located in

Barming Barming is a civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. It lies to the west of Maidstone and at the 2011 census had a population of 2,690. The eastern end of the parish is part of the built-up area of Maidstone, although the remaind ...

parish. It is down the line from London Charing Cross via . The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by

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. East Farleigh station is about 50 yards from the

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East Farleigh Bridge taking foot and road passengers across the river, one of only four such bridges between Maidstone and

Tonbridge Tonbridge ( ) is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling, it had an estimated populat ...

. The station has two platforms, staggered to either side of a

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term a ...

. On the southbound platform is a signal box which remains to control the level crossing. The old ticket office, located in a wooden building on the southbound platform, closed in 1989; this was

APTIS APTIS was the Accountancy and Passenger Ticket Issuing System used on the British Rail/National Rail network until 2007. It was originally called "Advanced Passenger Ticket Issuing System" as it was being developed at the time of the Advanced P ...

-equipped from 1987 until closure. This building then remained disused for many years though in good condition. In 2007, 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 ...

permit to travel ticket machine was installed at the entrance to the southbound platform, which is behind the signal box. Facilities on the northbound platform are limited to a waiting shelter. A footbridge spans the tracks and is accessed from the northbound platform.

Services

All services at East Farleigh are operated by

using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to A small number of morning, mid afternoon and late evening trains continue beyond Paddock Wood to . On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

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Borough of Maidstone Railway stations in Kent DfT Category F2 stations Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1844 Railway stations served by Southeastern {{Kent-railstation-stub