West Malling railway station

West Malling
General information
Location	Tonbridge and Malling
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WMA
History
Opened	1 June 1874

West Malling railway station (in the 1990's renamed 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.

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of 'Permit to Travel' tickets (which are exchanged on-train or at manned stations for travel tickets) but this was withdrawn some years ago.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 (www.nu-venture.co.uk) 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 typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to Ashford International via Maidstone East and two trains per hour to London Victoria.

There is also a peak hour service via Thameslink across London, serving City Thameslink, Farringdon and St Pancras International before travelling onto Bedford.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Borough Green & Wrotham		Southeastern Maidstone East Line		East Malling

External links

• Train times and station information for West Malling railway station from National Rail