Kearsney railway station
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| Kearsney | |||
| Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Kearsney | ||
| Local authority | Dover (district) | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | KSN | ||
| Managed by | Southeastern. | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 40,001 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kearsney (source) | |||
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Kearsney railway station serves Kearsney in Kent. It is served by Southeastern.
The station and the line it serves were built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway as the station for Temple Ewell and the parish of River. The community of Kearsney grew around the Railway Bell Hotel which was on the main Dover to London road. The station had a small goods siding, and a siding for passenger trains. The next stop towards the coast was Dover, and there was also a loop that took the railway directly onto the Kent Coast Line line towards Margate, bypassing Dover. In the early days of the railway this meant trains did not always have to make the steep climb out of Dover. In practise it was little used for passenger trains, mainly used by freight. Latterly the line was used by coal trains to Richborough power station.
The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Kearsney railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Kearsney railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherds Well | Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Dover Priory | ||
