Kemsley | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Kemsley, Swale |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | Southeastern |
Platforms: | 2 |
Code: | KML |
Classification: | DfT category F2 |
Years: | 1 January 1927 |
Events: | Opened |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Kemsley railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the village of Kemsley. It is 45chain20chain down the line from . Train services are provided by Southeastern.[1]
The station was opened by the Southern Railway as Kemsley Halt on 1 January 1927. It was renamed to Kemsley by British Rail on 5 May 1969.
There are two platforms but no station building at this unstaffed location. Access between the two platforms is via a footbridge or the road bridge (for step-free access) to the north of the station. Services towards Swale, Queenborough and Sheerness-on-Sea depart from platform 1. Services to and London depart from platform 2.[2]
All services at Kemsley are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between and, from where connections are available to, London St Pancras International, and . During the peak hours, the service is increased to two trains per hour in each direction.