| Aylesham | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Aylesham, District of Dover |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.2274°N 1.2095°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Southeastern |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | AYH |
| Classification: | DfT category E |
| Opened: | 1 July 1928 |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Aylesham railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the village of Aylesham, Kent. It is 68chain66chain down the line from and is situated between and .
The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
It was built by the Southern Railway and opened on 1 July 1928 to cater for the considerable increase in passenger traffic brought about by the development of the Kent coalfield. The main station buildings are on the London-bound side of the station.
The station booking office is staffed on Mondays to Saturdays mornings and a self-service ticket machine is located on the London-bound platform.
Opened by the Southern Railway the station passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.
All services at Aylesham 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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