Yalding railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in

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, England, serving the village of

Yalding Yalding is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone in Kent, England. The village is situated south west of Maidstone at a point where the Rivers Teise and Beult join the River Medway. At the 2001 census, the parish, which incl ...

. 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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History

The station opened on 25 September 1844 when the South Eastern Railway opened the line between and . The line was originally single track but was doubled in 1846. In 1897 there were two platforms joined by a footbridge, a signal box and sidings both sides of the running lines. The goods yard was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a 1¼ ton crane. A

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was positioned here by the Southern Region from 1962 to 1967, from 1963 onwards it was a ''Pullman'' camping coach.

Facilities

Yalding station is unstaffed. The station is fitted with a self-service ticket machine as well as modern help points on the platforms. Seated areas are available on both platforms and train information screens are provided for running information. The station has a small free car park located outside the station as well as a small cycle storage area. There is a level crossing on the road outside the ststion. The station used to have an APTIS-equipped ticket office (on the southbound platform) but this closed in 1989 and the building was then used for commercial purposes but has recently become disused. No regular buses stop outside the station although Arriva Southern Counties routes 6 & 6X to

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

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(including both

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and

Maidstone Hospital Maidstone Hospital is a hospital in Barming, Maidstone, England. It is managed by the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. History The hospital, which replaced the West Kent hospital in Marsham Street, was built on a Greenfield land, greenfi ...

) stop a short walk away on Maidstone Road in Nettlestead Green.

Services

All services at Yalding are operated by

using

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. 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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{{TSGN and SE Stations, Medway Valley=y, FCC None=y, SN None=y Borough of Maidstone DfT Category F1 stations Railway stations in Kent Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1844 Railway stations served by Southeastern