Place Lenham Station code LEN DfT category E Opened 1 July 1884 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference TQ891518 Managed by Southeastern 2011/12 0.125 million | |
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Address Lenham, Maidstone ME17 2HR, United Kingdom Similar Charing railway station, Hollingbourne railway station, Wye railway station, Pluckley railway station, Harrietsham railway station | ||
Lenham railway station serves Lenham in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern. It was built by Christopher John Townsend.
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History
Lenham station opened on 1 July 1884 as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's extension of the line from Maidstone to Ashford West. The goods yard comprised four sidings on the down side and one on the up side. One of the down sidings served a goods shed. In 1961, loops were installed in both directions. Freight facilities were withdrawn on 6 January 1969. Although a new signal box was provided in 1961, it closed on 28 May 1984.
The ticket office is manned only during part of the day; at other times a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, located outside the station building on the 'down' side, suffices.
A new footbridge replaced the life-expired concrete footbridge spanning the tracks here, completed in early 2010.
Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ashford International and one train per hour to London Victoria via Maidstone East. There is also a peak hour service via Thameslink across London, serving City Thameslink, Farringdon and St Pancras International before travelling onto Bedford.