Gillingham railway station (Kent)

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General information
Location	Borough of Medway
Coordinates	51°23′12″N 0°33′00″E / 51.386569°N 0.549886°E
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	GLM
Key dates
July 1858	Opened as New Brompton
May 1886	Renamed New Brompton (Gillingham)
1 Oct 1912	Renamed Gillingham

Gillingham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Gillingham, Kent. It is 35 miles 75 chains (57.8 km) down-line from London Victoria and is situated between Chatham and Rainham.

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern. It is commonly suffixed as Gillingham (Kent) to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Dorset.

The station first opened in 1858. It currently has three platforms (two for London-bound services and one for country-bound services) and a passenger lift from the station entrance to the platforms.

The station underwent an extensive facelift between 2010 and 2012. This included a new entrance, better pavements, new roof, refurbished waiting rooms, and new cycle storage units.^[2]

Services

London bound services from Gillingham terminate at London Victoria via Rochester, the line through Meopham and Bromley South; London Charing Cross via Gravesend, Dartford and the North Kent Lines; and London St Pancras via Ebbsfleet International.

Trains from London Charing Cross generally terminate on platform 1 and either then continue eastbound to Gillingham Rail Depot or then become London bound services to Charing Cross. Through trains from the east run from Platform 2. Trains from platform 3 (far left) usually go to Ramsgate or Dover.

Medway Towns

Legend

North Kent Line & HS1

to London Bridge & St Pancras

Chatham Main Line

to Victoria & Blackfriars

Strood

Rochester Bridge | Strood (1st)

Rochester Bridge

Goods station

(2015–)

(1892–2015)

Gillingham

Rainham

Chatham Main Line

to Faversham, Dover & Ramsgate

The May 2016 off-peak service from the station in trains per hour is:^[3]

2 tph to London St Pancras via Gravesend and Ebbsfleet International (High Speed)
1 tph to London St Pancras via Faversham, Ramsgate, Deal, Dover Priory and Ashford International (High Speed)
1 tph to Faversham (High Speed)
3 tph to London Victoria via Bromley South with 1 tph stopping at Denmark Hill (Main Line)
2 tph to Dover Priory via Canterbury East (Main Line)
1 tph to Ramsgate via Faversham and Margate (Main Line)
2 tph to London Charing Cross via Dartford and Woolwich Arsenal starting here (Metro)

Preceding station		Following station
Chatham	Southeastern North Kent Line	Terminus
Chatham	Southeastern Bedford-Gillingham	Terminus
Chatham	Southeastern Chatham Main Line	Rainham
Chatham	Southeastern High Speed 1 London-Broadstairs	Rainham

References

^ 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^ http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Station-revamp-ahead-2012-London-Olympics/story-11997907-detail/story.html
^ Table 212 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

Train times and station information for Gillingham railway station (Kent) from National Rail

[1] 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

[2] ttp://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Station-revamp-ahead-2012-London-Olympics/story-11997907-detail/story.html

[3] Table 212 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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