Sheerness-on-Sea railway station explained

Sheerness-on-Sea
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Sheerness, Swale
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Southeastern
Platforms:2
Code:SSS
Classification:DfT category E
Years:1 June 1883
Events:Opened
Years1:8 November 1914
Events1:Closed
Years2:2 January 1922
Events2:Reopened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Sheerness. It is 51chain19chain down the line from .

Train services are provided by Southeastern.

History

For a period up to 1973 hourly direct services to London Victoria left from platform 2. By 1978 direct services ran only in peak hours, the fastest taking 98 mins to reach Victoria,[1] slower than the fastest ones taking 81 mins, and off-peak half-hourly 94 mins to London St Pancras International 35 years later, which require a change.[2]

After the withdrawal of the Class 411 4-CEPs, services from August 1998 to December 2006 were operated by the Class 508. From the December 2006 timetable change, the two coach Class 466 were used. In 2019, in order to comply with accessibility requirements, the trains were replaced with Class 375 Electrostars, most commonly the 3-car variants.

Accidents and incidents

Services

All services at Sheerness-on-Sea are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to, increasing to two trains per hour during the weekday peak hours.

Connections with trains to and London St Pancras International can be made by changing at Sittingbourne.

External links

51.441°N 0.7585°W

Notes and References

  1. British Rail passenger timetable 2 May 1977 to 7 May 1978 Table 212.
  2. http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/SSS/London/250913/2352/dep National Rail timetable 2013.
  3. Book: Moody, G. T. . Southern Electric 1909-1979 . 1957 . 1979 . Fifth . Ian Allan Ltd . Shepperton . 212 . 0 7110 0924 4.