Adisham railway station explained

Adisham
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Adisham, City of Canterbury
Country:England
Coordinates:51.2409°N 1.1989°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Southeastern
Platforms:2
Code:ADM
Classification:DfT category F2
Opened:22 July 1861
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Adisham railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the village of Adisham, Kent. It is 67chain60chain down the line from and is situated between and .

The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

There are brick buildings on the country-bound platform, formerly in railway use but now privately occupied, and a wooden shelter on the London-bound platform. The country-bound platform is accessible by road and the London-bound by public footpath. There is a connecting footbridge.

The station is unstaffed. There is a help point on each platform, electronic departure boards were added in May 2016 and a ticket machine (accepting credit/debit cards) in October the same year.

History

The station and the line it serves were built by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway, and opened on 22 July 1861, becoming part of the Southern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 until the privatisation of British Railways.

When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Adisham[1] !!2019-20!2020-21!2021-22!2022-23
Entries and exits27,6247,36819,46423,470

Services

All services at Adisham are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

Additional services including trains to and from and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estimates of station usage ORR Data Portal . 31 Jul 2024 . dataportal.orr.gov.uk.