Rochester railway station
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This article is about the railway station in the United Kingdom. For other uses, see Rochester railway station (disambiguation).
Rochester railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Rochester, Kent. It is 33 miles 61 chains (54.3 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Sole Street and Chatham.
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Location | Rochester, Borough of Medway England | ||||
Coordinates | 51.38904°N 0.50689°E / 51.38904; 0.50689 | ||||
Grid reference | TQ745684 | ||||
Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||
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Station code | RTR | ||||
Classification | DfT category D | ||||
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1 March 1892 | Opened | ||||
13 December 2015 | Resited | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 2.057 million | ||||
Interchange | 30,417 | ||||
2019/20 | 2.122 million | ||||
Interchange | 33,003 | ||||
2020/21 | 0.585 million | ||||
Interchange | 10,336 | ||||
2021/22 | 1.458 million | ||||
Interchange | 22,799 | ||||
2022/23 | 1.784 million | ||||
Interchange | 55,711 | ||||
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The station and most trains that call are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink, including a handful of peak services to and from Bedford operated by the latter.
In December 2015 a new station on Corporation Street opened 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the west of the original station which it replaced. It is now closer to the town centre and its historic buildings.