Beltring railway station

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Beltring

Location

Place

Beltring

Local authority

Maidstone

Operations

Station code

BEG

Managed by

Southeastern.

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

6,154

2005/06 *

6,964

History

Key dates

Opened 1 September 1909

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Beltring from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Beltring railway station (TQ 680 478 51°12′17″N 0°24′21″E / 51.204588, 0.405886) is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

Beltring station opened later than the others on the line (which had been opened in 1844): its opening date was 1 September 1909. It originally had a freight siding; used for the forwarding of farm produce until 5 June 1961. The station was then named Beltring and Branbridges Halt. It consists of sleeper-built platforms with shelters. It serves a predominantly rural area: the nearest settlements being the small villages of Beltring, Branbridges, Laddingford and East Peckham.

[edit] Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Paddock Wood, and one train an hour to Strood. Connections to London are available at either of these two stations, or by changing at Maidstone Barracks and walking to Maidstone East.

There are plans to close Beltring station, or at least replace the existing services with a token service (such as one train a week in each direction.) ^[1]