Bearsted railway station

Bearsted
National Rail
General information
LocationBearsted, Maidstone (borough)
England
Grid referenceTQ798561
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBSD
ClassificationDfT category D
Key dates
1 July 1884Opened as Bearsted
1 July 1907Renamed Bearsted & Thurnham[1][2]
12 May 1980Renamed Bearsted[3]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.392 million
2019/20Decrease 0.380 million
2020/21Decrease 76,660
2021/22Increase 0.203 million
2022/23Increase 0.262 million
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.

  1. ^ "Minute No. 6232". Minutes of Meeting of the Superintendents' Conference (Report). London: Railway Clearing House. 2 July 1907. (Unpublished).
  2. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 90.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 30.
  4. ^ Yonge 2008, maps 7, 11A.