Sheerness-on-Sea_railway_station

Sheerness-on-Sea railway station

Sheerness-on-Sea railway station

Railway station in Kent, England

For the station originally named Sheerness-on-Sea, see Sheerness Dockyard railway station.

Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Sheerness. It is 51 miles 19 chains (82.5 km) down the line from London Victoria.

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Train services are provided by Southeastern.

History

The station in 1987. A Class 423 can also be seen.

For a period up to 1973 hourly direct services to London Victoria left from platform 2. By 1978 direct services ran only in peak hours, the fastest taking 98 mins to reach Victoria,[1] slower than the fastest ones taking 81 mins, and off-peak half-hourly 94 mins to London St Pancras International 35 years later, which require a change.[2]

After the withdrawal of the Class 411 4-CEPs, services from August 1998 to December 2006 were operated by the Class 508. From the December 2006 timetable change, the two coach Class 466 were used. In 2019, in order to comply with accessibility requirements, the trains were replaced with Class 375 Electrostars, most commonly the 3-car variants.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 26 February 1971, a train formed of five 2HAP electric multiple units overran the buffers and demolished the station building. One person was killed and ten were injured.[3]

Services

All services at Sheerness-on-Sea are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to Sittingbourne, increasing to two trains per hour during the weekday peak hours.[4]

Connections with trains to London Victoria and London St Pancras International can be made by changing at Sittingbourne.

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References

  1. [1]
    British Rail passenger timetable 2 May 1977 to 7 May 1978 Table 212.
  2. [2]
    National Rail timetable 2013.
  3. [3]
    Moody, G. T. (1979) [1957]. Southern Electric 1909-1979 (Fifth ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan Ltd. p. 212. ISBN 0 7110 0924 4.
  4. [4]
    Table 212 National Rail timetable, December 2021
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