Maidstone Barracks railway station

For the barracks in Maidstone, see Invicta Park Barracks.

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 serving it are operated by Southeastern.

Maidstone Barracks
A Class 466 Networker on platform 2 in 2008
General information
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
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
2023/24	0.256 million
Interchange	0.191 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

Services

All services at Maidstone Barracks are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[1]

• 2 tph to Strood
• 2 tph to Paddock Wood via Maidstone West

A small number of morning, mid afternoon and late evening trains continue beyond Paddock Wood to Tonbridge.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aylesford		Southeastern Medway Valley Line		Maidstone West

See also

• Maidstone East railway station
• Maidstone West railway station

References

1. Table 208 National Rail timetable, December 2022

External links

• Train times and station information for Maidstone Barracks railway station from National Rail

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