Teynham railway station explained

Teynham
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Teynham, Swale
Country:England
Coordinates:51.3333°N 0.808°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Southeastern
Platforms:2
Code:TEY
Classification:DfT category E
Original:East Kent Railway
Pregroup:South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Postgroup:Southern Railway
Years:25 January 1858
Events:Station opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Teynham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Teynham, Kent. It is 47chain74chain down the line from and is situated between and .

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.

On the London-bound platform, there is a staffed booking office which is open only at certain times, as well as a passenger-operated self-service ticket machine issuing permits to travel.

History

The section of the East Kent Railway between and opened on 25 January 1858, and Teynham station opened with the line.[1] [2]

The original two-storey brick built station was demolished in the 1970s and replaced by the prefabricated buildings popular at the time.A manually operated crossing to allow access to Station Row to the north of the line was finally replaced with automatic gates during the upgrading of signalling in December 2011.

Accidents and incidents

Services

All services at Teynham 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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dendy Marshall . C.F. . Kidner . R.W. . History of the Southern Railway . 2nd . 1963 . 1937 . . Shepperton . 0-7110-0059-X . 326 .
  2. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 228 .
  3. Book: Kidner, R. W.. 1977 . 1963 . The South Eastern and Chatham Railway . The Oakwood Press. Tarrant Hinton . 89.