Shoreham railway station

This article is about the station in Kent. For the station in Sussex, see Shoreham-by-Sea railway station. For the LIRR station, see Shoreham station (LIRR).

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General information
Location	District of Sevenoaks
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SEH
Key dates
2 June 1862	Opened

Shoreham railway station serves Shoreham in Kent, England. It is 22 miles 52 chains (36.5 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Eynsford and Otford. Train services are provided by Thameslink.

History

Shoreham Station was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway on 2 June 1862, the same day as the Swanley to Sevenoaks Bat & Ball opened. The line was initially single track - the second track opened in 1863.

The line through Shoreham between Bickley and Sevenoaks was electrified in 1935 and electric services began calling at Shoreham in the same year.

The ticket office here was closed in 1992, having been manned only during part of the day; these days, a PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine issues 'Permits to Travel' - which are exchanged on-train or at manned stations for travel tickets - and is located on the Ashford-bound platform. This has since been replaced by a modern ticket machine.

The platforms are connected by a concrete footbridge - a typical product of the Southern Railway concrete factory at Exmouth Junction.

Facilities

There are shelters with benches on both platforms as well as a ticket machine and modern help point. There is step free access to the Sevenoaks bound platform but the London bound platform is only accessible via the stepped footbridge. There is a small (free) car park at the station entrance. The station is unstaffed.

Service

Off peak, all services at Shoreham are operated by Thameslink. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 2 tph to London Blackfriars via Catford
• 2 tph to Sevenoaks

Southeastern services on the Maidstone East Line call here occasionally during times of service disruption.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Eynsford		Thameslink Blackfriars to Sevenoaks		Otford
Eynsford		Southeastern Maidstone East Line Limited Service		Otford

Connections

The station is served on Monday-Saturday by the route 2 bus to Swanley and Sevenoaks.