Maidstone Barracks railway station explained

Maidstone Barracks
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Maidstone, Maidstone
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Southeastern
Platforms:2
Code:MDB
Classification:DfT category F1
Opened:1 July 1874
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Maidstone Barracks railway station is one of three railway stations which serve the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. Originally opened as Barracks station, it is named after the nearby Invicta Park Barracks and lies on the Medway Valley Line, 42miles from London Charing Cross via between and . The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

The station has been unstaffed since September 1989 and the booking office on the -bound platform was subsequently demolished. A PERTIS (permit to travel) passenger-operated self-service ticket machine was installed on the Strood-bound platform in 2007–08.

Services

All services at Maidstone Barracks 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.

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