Wateringbury
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| Location | Wateringbury, Tonbridge and Malling England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°14′57″N 0°25′21″E / 51.2493°N 0.4225°E / 51.2493; 0.4225 | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ691528 | ||||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | WTR | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 25 September 1844 | ||||
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| 2018/19 |  60,802 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  56,438 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 15,844 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 50,202 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 57,508 | ||||
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Wateringbury railway station is on the Medway Valley LineinKent, England, serving the villages of Wateringbury and Nettlestead. It is 39 miles 77 chains (64.3 km) down the line from London Charing Cross via Paddock Wood and is situated between Yalding and East Farleigh. The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
The station building, regarded as one of the finest Tudor-style stations in the country, was listed at Grade II in 1985.[1]
The APTIS-equipped ticket office in this building (on the northbound platform) closed in 1989; the building has remained disused for many years, though is in reasonable condition. In 2007, a PERTIS permit to travel ticket machine was installed at the entrance to the northbound platform.
The signal box, which was Grade II listed in 2013[2] remains to control the level crossing.
All services at Wateringbury are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
A small number of morning, mid afternoon and late evening trains continue beyond Paddock Wood to Tonbridge.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.
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| Teston Halt | British Rail Southern Region |
Yalding | ||
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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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