Cuxton railway station explained

Cuxton
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Cuxton, Medway
Country:England
Coordinates:51.374°N 0.462°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Southeastern
Platforms:2
Code:CUX
Classification:DfT category F2
Opened:18 June 1856
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cuxton railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England, and lies well to the east of the village of Cuxton. It is 33chain36chain down the line from London Charing Cross via and is situated between Strood and . The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

History

The APTIS-equipped ticket office, in an imposing building on the northbound platform, closed in September 1989; the building remains disused and is in poor condition although some efforts have been made in recent years to stem the decay and deter vandalism.

A PERTIS (Permit to Travel) ticket machine is located at the entrance to the northbound platform; this was installed in 2007.

The wooden level crossing gates were replaced with manually operated barriers controlled from the signalbox.[1]

Services

All services at Cuxton are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.

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

A small number of morning, mid afternoon and late evening trains continue beyond Paddock Wood to .

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Yonge, John . Jacobs . Gerald . Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL . 3rd . November 2008 . 1994 . Trackmaps . Bradford on Avon . 978-0-9549866-4-3 . map 7 .