Aylesham railway station

Aylesham
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Location
Place	Aylesham
Local authority	District of Dover
Coordinates
Grid reference	TR241524
Operations
Station code	AYH
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	78,255
2005/06	89,758
2006/07	97,712
2007/08	93,671
2008/09	90,494
2009/10	74,004
2010/11	72,766
2011/12	71,352
2012/13	68,472
2013/14	68,376
History
Key dates	Opened 1 July 1928 (1 July 1928)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aylesham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Aylesham railway station serves Aylesham in the English county of Kent. It is served by Southeastern.

The station lies on the Canterbury East to Dover Priory line. It was built by Southern Railway on 1 July 1928 to cater for the considerable increase in passenger traffic brought about by the development of the Kent coalfield. The main station buildings are on the London-bound side of the station.

The station booking office is manned on Mondays to Saturdays mornings and a "Permit to Travel" self-service ticket machine is located on the London-bound platform.

History

Opened by the Southern Railway the station passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.

Off Peak Journey Times

To:

• Canterbury East - 11 Minutes
• Dover Priory - 15 Minutes
• Faversham - 26 Minutes
• London St Pancras - 1 Hour 41 Minutes (with one change at Dover Priory)
• London St Pancras - 1 Hour 46 Minutes (with one change at Faversham)
• London Victoria - 1 Hour 47 Minutes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Adisham		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch		Snowdown

References

• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Aylesham railway station from National Rail