Maidstone Barracks railway station
Railway station in Kent, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maidstone Barracks railway station is one of three railway stations which serve the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. Originally opened as Barracks station, it is named after the nearby Invicta Park Barracks and lies on the Medway Valley Line, 42 miles (68 km) from London Charing Cross via Strood between Aylesford and Maidstone West. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
General information | |||||
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Location | Maidstone, Maidstone England | ||||
Grid reference | TQ754561 | ||||
Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | MDB | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1 July 1874 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.295 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.261 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.290 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.232 million | ||||
2020/21 | 67,246 | ||||
Interchange | 55,898 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.176 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.150 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.206 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.136 million | ||||
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The station has been unstaffed since September 1989 and the booking office on the Strood-bound platform was subsequently demolished. A PERTIS (permit to travel) passenger-operated self-service ticket machine was installed on the Strood-bound platform in 2007–08.