Bearsted railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bearsted
Bearsted
General information
Location	Bearsted, Maidstone (borough); England
Grid reference	TQ798561
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BSD
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
1 July 1884	Opened as Bearsted
1 July 1907	Renamed Bearsted & Thurnham
12 May 1980	Renamed Bearsted
Passengers
2018/19	0.392 million
2019/20	0.380 million
2020/21	76,660
2021/22	0.203 million
2022/23	0.262 million
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bearsted railway station serves Bearsted in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. It is 42 miles 59 chains (68.8 km) down the line from London Victoria via Herne Hill.^[4]

Inside the station building are staffed and self-service ticket sales and a café. A new footbridge was built on the opposite side of the station from the original in 2011.

History

Bearsted station opened on 1 July 1884 as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's extension of the line from Maidstone to Ashford West.^[5] The goods yard was on the up side. It comprised three sidings, one of which served a goods shed.^[6] A 30 cwt-capacity crane was provided.^[7] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 7 October 1968. The signal box closed on 14 April 1984.^[8] A refuge siding was located on the down side.^[7]

Services

All services at Bearsted are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[9]

1 tph to London Victoria via Maidstone East
1 tph to Ashford International

Additional services, including trains to and from London Charing Cross call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Maidstone East		Southeastern Kent Downs line		Hollingbourne

References

^ "Minute No. 6232". Minutes of Meeting of the Superintendents' Conference (Report). London: Railway Clearing House. 2 July 1907. (Unpublished).
^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 90.
^ Butt 1995, p. 30.
^ Yonge 2008, maps 7, 11A.
^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Bearsted.
^ ^a ^b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 85.
^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 89.
^ Table 197 National Rail timetable, June 2024

Sources

Butt, R. V .J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-45-6.
Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.