Kemsley railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north

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, England, and serves the village of

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. It is down the line from . Train services are provided by

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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

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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

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and Sheerness-on-Sea depart from platform 1. Services to and London depart from platform 2.

Services

All services at Kemsley are operated by

using

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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

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can be made by changing at Sittingbourne.

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* {{Coord, 51, 21, 43.74, N, 0, 44, 7.21, E, region:GB_type:railwaystation, display=title 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