Barming railway station

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General information
Location	Tonbridge and Malling
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BMG
History
Opened	1 June 1874

The station in 1961

Barming railway station is located in Tonbridge and Malling Borough, west of Maidstone in Kent, England and approximately 1 mile from Barming and Maidstone Hospital. Barming railway station and all the trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

The platforms are of 6-car length only, despite a small number of peak-hour services being formed from 8 cars.

The original station building remains on the down (Country-bound) platform 2, with a substantial wooden shelter on the up (London-bound) platform. The ticket office is manned for limited hours during the morning peak period on Mondays to Fridays; at other times a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, also located on the down platform, suffices. A passenger information screen is located on the down platform 2 and provides information relating to train running times for both platforms. The station entrances/exits are on the down Platform 2. There is no level access to Platform 1.

The concrete footbridge which spans the tracks at the western end of the station, linking the platforms, is life-expired and demolition is expected. It is an example of the standard pre-fabricated design built at the Southern Railway's concrete factory at Exmouth Junction, east of Exeter. The replacement footbridge to the standard Naetwork Rail design is at the extreme eastern end of the station.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ashford International via Maidstone East and one train per hour to London Victoria.

There is also a limited peak hour service across London via the Thameslink route, serving Elephant & Castle, Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon and St Pancras thence certain intermediate stations to Bedford.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
East Malling		Southeastern Maidstone East Line		Maidstone East

Car park

Barming Station has an 88-capacity car park [pay and display] operated for Southeastern by fellow Go-Ahead group company Meteor Parking. It has 2 ticket machines which accept cash and credit/debit cards. The car park adjoins the down Platform 2. Alternatively, car park patrons may pay at the station ticket office when open.

External links

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