Wateringbury railway station

Wateringbury railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England, serving the villages of Wateringbury and Nettlestead. It is 39 miles 77 chains (64.3 km) down the line from London Charing Cross via Paddock Wood and is situated between Yalding and East Farleigh. The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.

Wateringbury
General information
Location	Wateringbury, Tonbridge and Malling England
Coordinates	51.2493°N 0.4225°E / 51.2493; 0.4225
Grid reference	TQ691528
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WTR
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	25 September 1844
Passengers
2019/20	56,438
2020/21	15,844
2021/22	50,202
2022/23	57,508
2023/24	66,612
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station building, regarded as one of the finest Tudor-style stations in the country, was listed at Grade II in 1985.^[1]

The APTIS-equipped ticket office in this building (on the northbound platform) closed in 1989; the building has remained disused for many years, though is in reasonable condition. In 2007, a PERTIS permit to travel ticket machine was installed at the entrance to the northbound platform.

The signal box, which was Grade II listed in 2013^[2] remains to control the level crossing.

Services

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

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

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

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
East Farleigh		Southeastern Medway Valley Line		Yalding
	Disused railways
Teston Halt		British Rail Southern Region Medway Valley Line		Yalding

References

1. Historic Railway Buildings, "Wateringbury", 22 March 2005.
2. Railway signal boxes granted Grade II listed status, BBC News pages, 26 July 2013.
3. Table 208 National Rail timetable, December 2022

External links

• Train times and station information for Wateringbury railway station from National Rail
• Photograph of Wateringbury station in 1886