Kemsley railway station


Kemsley railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the village of Kemsley. It is down the line from. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

History

The station was opened by the Southern Railway as Kemsley Halt on 1 January 1927. It was renamed to Kemsley by British Rail 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 to the north of the station. Services towards Swale, Queenborough and Sheerness-on-Sea depart from platform 1. Services to and London depart from platform 2.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to Sheerness-on-Sea and two trains per hour to Sittingbourne, for connections to London.
Since January 2015, Southeastern operate two direct services from Sheerness-on-Sea to in the morning peak. These services do not stop at Sittingbourne by using the third side of a triangle junction that links the Sheerness Line to the west bound Chatham Main Line. There are also two return services from London Victoria to Sheerness-on-Sea in the evening peak. These services do not stop at.
There is also one very early morning train towards Sheerness-on-Sea that starts from. This also uses the Western Junction to connect to the Sheerness Line from the Chatham Main Line. As a result, this service also does not stop at although it does stop at.