Station code WMA DfT category D Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference TQ687575 2011/12 0.748 million | |
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Similar Barming railway station, Bearsted railway station, Hollingbourne railway station, Aylesford railway station, Maidstone East railway st | ||
West Malling railway station (sometimes shown as West Malling for Kings Hill) lies to the east of West Malling, Kent, England and is close to Kings Hill, Larkfield and Leybourne. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.
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History
Malling station opened on 1 June 1874, as part of the Maidstone Line from Swanley to Maidstone. It was renamed West Malling on 23 May 1949. The goods yard had four sidings, one of which served a goods shed. Freight facilities were withdrawn on 19 May 1964. The signal box closed on 9 December 1983.
The ticket office at the station is manned for most of the day. There are self-service Scheidt and Bachmann ticket machines on both platforms. A PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine was once located on Platform 1 for the issue of 'Permit to Travel' tickets (which are exchanged on-train or at manned stations for travel tickets) but this was withdrawn some years ago.
Nu-Venture bus 123 provides a regular link to/from Kings Hill (some journeys via West Malling) on Mondays to Fridays (not late evening). Through road-rail ticketing using Bus 123 is available to 'KINGS HILL BUS' from rail stations in SE England.
Services
The 2015 typical off-peak service from the station is:
There are also peak services to London Blackfriars.