Bearsted  | |
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| Location | Bearsted, Maidstone (borough) England |
| Grid reference | TQ798561 |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | BSD |
| Classification | DfT category D |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1884 | Opened as Bearsted |
| 1 July 1907 | Renamed Bearsted & Thurnham[1][2] |
| 12 May 1980 | Renamed Bearsted[3] |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.398 million |
| 2016/17 |  0.391 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.386 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.392 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.380 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Bearsted railway station serves Bearsted in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. It is 42 miles 59 chains (68.8 km) down the line from London Victoria via Herne Hill.[4]
Inside the station building are a manned and self-service ticket sales and a café. A new footbridge was built on the opposite side of the station from the original in 2011.
History
Bearsted station opened on 1 July 1884 as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's extension of the line from Maidstone to Ashford West.[5] The goods yard was on the up side. It comprised three sidings, one of which served a goods shed.[6] A 30 cwt-capacity crane was provided.[7] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 7 October 1968. The signal box closed on 14 April 1984.[8] A refuge siding was located on the down side.[7]
Services
The typical off-peak service at the station in trains per hour is:[9]
- 2 tph to London Victoria via Maidstone East
- 1 tph to Ashford International (non-stop)
- 1 tph to Canterbury West (all stations)
Additional services including trains to London Blackfriars run during the peak hours.
In December 2019, it was planned that a new Thameslink service between Maidstone East and Cambridge service would start with the first and last trains extended to Ashford International and therefore calling at Bearsted. However the introduction of this service has now been postponed to an unknown date.[10]
| Preceding station | ){kind=logo} National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Southeastern Maidstone East Line | ||||
References
- ^ "Minute No. 6232". Minutes of Meeting of the Superintendents' Conference (Report). London: Railway Clearing House. 2 July 1907. (Unpublished).
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 90.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 30.
- ^ Yonge 2008, maps 7, 11A.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Bearsted.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 85.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 89.
- ^ "Timetable 3: London to Ashford and Canterbury via Maidstone East" (PDF). Southeastern, May 2020.
- ^ "Thameslink at Maidstone East will not launch in December 2019". Kent Online, September 2019.
- Sources
- Butt, R. V .J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 45 6.
- Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
External links
- Train times and station information for Bearsted railway station from National Rail