Wateringbury railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in

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, England, serving the villages of

Wateringbury Wateringbury is a village and civil parish near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. The Wateringbury Stream flows into the River Medway just above Bow Bridge. It formerly powered three watermills in the village, one of which survives. The ...

and Nettlestead. It is down the line from London Charing Cross via and is situated between and . The station and all trains that call are operated by

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. The station building, regarded as one of the finest Tudor-style stations in the country, was

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at Grade II in 1985. The APTIS-equipped ticket office in this building (on the northbound platform) closed in 1989; the building has remained disused for many years, though is in reasonable condition. In 2007, a

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permit to travel ticket machine was installed at the entrance to the northbound platform. The signal box, which was Grade II listed in 2013 remains to control the

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Services

All services at Wateringbury 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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Photograph of Wateringbury station in 1886
Tonbridge and Malling 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 Grade II listed railway stations Grade II listed buildings in Kent {{Kent-railstation-stub