Rochester railway station

Rochester
Rochester station building
Location
Place	Rochester
Local authority	Medway
Coordinates	51°23′07″N 0°30′39″E / 51.3853°N 0.5109°E / 51.3853; 0.5109Coordinates: 51°23′07″N 0°30′39″E / 51.3853°N 0.5109°E / 51.3853; 0.5109
Grid reference	TQ747681
Operations
Station code	RTR
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	4
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.687 million
2005/06	0.705 million
2006/07	0.761 million
2007/08	0.853 million
2008/09	0.927 million
2009/10	0.912 million
2010/11	1.068 million
History
Opened 1 March 1892 (1 March 1892)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rochester from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Rochester railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in Rochester, Medway, South East England. The majority of services are provided by Southeastern, with a handful of peak services to and from Bedford operated by First Capital Connect.

It is approximately 110 yards (100 m) to the north of Rochester High Street, a short distance to the east of Star Hill. It has four platforms on two islands. The line is elevated and the platforms are accessed from a tunnel via stairways and lifts.

New station

Plans have been unveiled to move the station 500 meters up the line, to a new £26m station on Corporation Street. This would link the station to the large Rochester Riverside housing development on the River Medway, and link the station closer to the high street.^[1]

The new station, expected to open in 2015, it will have longer platforms to allow 12 carriage trains to stop at Rochester instead of 10.^[2]

There will be an “integrated transport hub” to connect to buses, a drop-off point (for car and taxi passengers) and a £1.8m subway between the high street, the station and the housing development.^[3]

Planning proposals for a new £26m railway station in Rochester in Kent have been approved by Medway Council.^[4]

On 16 January 2014, Gallagher Ltd has cast the reinforced concrete base slab for a new subway for the station.^[5]

Service

[ v t e ] Medway Towns
Legend To Maidstone To London Bridge & St Pancras To Victoria & Blackfriars Halling Cuxton Strood Rochester Bridge / Strood (1st) Rochester Bridge Rochester Common Rochester Chatham Central River Medway Chatham Gillingham Rainham To Faversham, Dover and Ramsgate

Typical off-peak frequencies in trains per hour are:

• 2 to London St Pancras via Ebbsfleet International
• 3 to London Victoria via the Medway Towns and Bromley South
• 2 to London Charing Cross via Dartford and Blackheath
• 3 to Gillingham (Kent)
• 2 to Faversham
• 2 to Dover Priory via Canterbury East and Ramsgate via Margate, dividing at Faversham

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Strood		Southeastern North Kent Line		Chatham
Sole Street		Southeastern Chatham Main Line
Strood		Southeastern High Speed 1
	Disused railways
Rochester Bridge Line and station closed		London, Chatham and Dover Railway Chatham Main Line		Chatham Line and station open

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Rochester railway station from National Rail