Adisham railway station

Adisham
Location
Place	Adisham
Local authority	Canterbury
Coordinates	51.2409°N 1.1989°E / 51.2409; 1.1989
Operations
Station code	ADM
Managed by	Southeastern.
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	53,898
2005/06 *	53,857
2006/07 *	58,776
2007/08 *	55,873
2008/09 *	49,714
History
Opened 22 July 1861 (22 July 1861)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Adisham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Adisham railway station serves Adisham in the English county of Kent, and is served by Southeastern. There are brick buildings on the Down side platforms and a wooden shelter on the Up side.

History

The station and the line it serves (Faversham to Dover) were built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, and opened on 22 July 1861. Becoming part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 until the Privatisation of British Railways.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bekesbourne		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch		Aylesham

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (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. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Adisham railway station from National Rail