Gillingham (Kent) railway station
railway station in Gillingham, Medway, Kent, England, UK
Gillingham railway station is a railway station in Gillingham in Kent. The station is on the Chatham Main Line.
Gillingham | |
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Location | |
Place | Gillingham |
Local authority | Borough of Medway |
Operations | |
Station code | GLM |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Platforms in use | 3 |
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
History | |
July 1858[1] | Opened as New Brompton |
May 1886 | Renamed New Brompton (Gillingham) |
1 Oct 1912 | Renamed Gillingham |
National Rail - UK railway stations | |
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Services
changeTrain services at Gillingham are run by Southeastern and Thameslink, They use Class 375, 395, 465, 466 and 700 EMUs.
The off-peak service is:[2]
- 2 trains per hour to London St Pancras International
- 3 trains per hour to London Victoria (2 of these run non-stop from Bromley South and 1 runs via Denmark Hill)
- 2 trains per hour to Luton via Dartford and Greenwich
- 2 trains per hour to Rainham
- 1 train per hour to Faversham
- 1 train per hour to Dover Priory via Canterbury East
- 2 trains per hour to Ramsgate
Some trains go to and from London Charing Cross via Sidcup, Some fast trains go to and from London Cannon Street at peak hours.
Previous station | National Rail | Next station | ||
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Chatham | Southeastern |
Rainham or Terminus | ||
Southeastern | ||||
Thameslink | ||||
Southeastern Peak Hours Only | Terminus |
References
change- ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- ↑ Table 194, 200, 201, 212 National Rail timetable, December 2023