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Railway station in Kent, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Teynham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Teynham, Kent. It is 47 miles 74 chains (77.1 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Sittingbourne and Faversham.
General information | |||||
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Location | Teynham, Swale England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°19′59.74″N 0°48′28.68″E | ||||
Grid reference | TQ956631 | ||||
Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | TEY | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | East Kent Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | South Eastern and Chatham Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
25 January 1858 | Station opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.136 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.146 million | ||||
2020/21 | 51,660 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.119 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.135 million | ||||
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The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
On the London-bound platform, there is a staffed booking office which is open only at certain times, as well as a passenger-operated self-service ticket machine issuing permits to travel.
The section of the East Kent Railway between Chatham and Faversham opened on 25 January 1858, and Teynham station opened with the line.[1][2]
The original two-storey brick built station was demolished in the 1970s and replaced by the prefabricated buildings popular at the time. A manually operated crossing to allow access to Station Row to the north of the line was finally replaced with automatic gates during the upgrading of signalling in December 2011.
All services at Teynham are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]
Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southeastern |
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