Aylesham railway station

Aylesham
General information
Location	Aylesham, District of Dover England
Coordinates	51.227367°N 1.209483°E / 51.227367; 1.209483
Grid reference	TR241524
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AYH
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1 July 1928
Passengers
2019/20	0.122 million
2020/21	44,884
2021/22	96,992
2022/23	0.103 million
2023/24	0.101 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Aylesham railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line; it serves the village of Aylesham, in Kent, England. It is 68 miles 66 chains (110.8 km) down the line from London Victoria, situated between Adisham and Snowdown. The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.

History

It was built by the Southern Railway and opened on 1 July 1928 to cater for the considerable increase in passenger traffic brought about by the development of the Kent coalfield.

The station passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.

Facilities

The station booking office is staffed on Mondays to Saturdays mornings and a self-service ticket machine is located on the London-bound platform.

The main station buildings are on the London-bound side of the station.

Services

All services at Aylesham are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 electric multiple units.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 1 tph to London Victoria, via Chatham
• 1 tph to Dover Priory.

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Adisham		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch		Snowdown

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links

• Train times and station information for Aylesham railway station from National Rail
• Station on navigable O.S. map