Kemsley
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| Location | Kemsley, Swale England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ905660 | ||||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | KML | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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| 1 January 1927 | Opened | ||||
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| 2018/19 |  0.180 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.194 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  72,874 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.152 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.154 million | ||||
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Kemsley railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the village of Kemsley. It is 45 miles 20 chains (72.8 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern.[1]
The station was opened by the Southern RailwayasKemsley Halt on 1 January 1927. It was renamed to Kemsley by British Rail on 5 May 1969.[2]
There are two platforms but no station building at this unstaffed location. Access between the two platforms is via a footbridge or the road bridge (for step-free access) to the north of the station. Services towards Swale, Queenborough and Sheerness-on-Sea depart from platform 1. Services to Sittingbourne and London depart from platform 2.[3]
All services at Kemsley are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Sheerness-on-Sea and Sittingbourne, from where connections are available to London Victoria, London St Pancras International, Dover Priory and Ramsgate. During the peak hours, the service is increased to two trains per hour in each direction.[4]
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Railway stations in Kent
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| London Charing Cross to Gillingham |
Other alternative routes from London to Dartford via Sidcup and via Bexleyheath. | ||
| London Victoria to Ramsgate via Chatham |
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| London Victoria to Dover via Chatham |
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| London Victoria to Ashford via Maidstone East |
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| London St Pancras to Paris & Brussels High Speed 1 |
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| London Charing Cross to Dover via Tonbridge |
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| London Charing Cross to Hastings |
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| London Bridge to Uckfield |
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| Ashford to Ramsgate via Canterbury West |
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| Dover to Margate |
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| Redhill–Tonbridge |
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| Sittingbourne to Sheerness-on-Sea |
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| Ashford to St Leonards Marshlink |
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| Strood to Paddock Wood Medway Valley Line |
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| East Kent Railway |
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| Kent & East Sussex Railway |
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| Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway |
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| Spa Valley Railway |
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Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only. | |||||
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51°21′43.74″N 0°44′7.21″E / 51.3621500°N 0.7353361°E / 51.3621500; 0.7353361
