Barming railway station
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Barming railway station is located in Tonbridge and Malling
Borough, west of Maidstone in Kent
and some considerable distance from Barming, which lies to the south. It is located less than 1 mile north of Maidstone Hospital.
Barming Station and all the trains serving it are operated by Southeastern
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The platforms are of 6-car length only, despite a small number of peak-hour services being formed from 8 cars.
The original station building remains on the down (Country-bound) platform 2, with a substantial wooden shelter on the up (London-bound) platform. The ticket office is manned for limited hours during the morning peak period on Mondays to Fridays; at other times a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, also located on the down platform, suffices. A passenger information screen is located on the down platform 2 and provides information relating to train running times for both platforms. The station entrances/exits are on the down Platform 2.
A concrete footbridge, in very poor condition, spans the tracks here, linking the platforms. This footbridge is of a standard pre-fabricated design built at the Southern Railway's concrete factory at Exmouth Junction, east of Exeter. There is no level access to Platform 1.
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There is also a limited peak hour service on Mondays to Fridays across London via the Thameslink route, serving Elephant & Castle, Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon and London St Pancras International Low Level thence certain intermediate stations to Bedford.
Alternatively, car park patrons may pay at the station ticket office, but this has very limited opening hours.
Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling is a local government district and borough in the English county of Kent.Tonbridge and Malling borough covers an area from the North Downs at Burham and Snodland in the north to the town of Tonbridge in the south...
Borough, west of Maidstone in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
and some considerable distance from Barming, which lies to the south. It is located less than 1 mile north of Maidstone Hospital.
Barming Station and all the trains serving it are operated by Southeastern
Southeastern (train operating company)
London & South Eastern Railway Limited, trading as Southeastern is a train operating company in south-east England. On 1 April 2006 it became the franchisee for the new Integrated Kent Franchise , replacing the publicly owned South Eastern Trains on the former South East Franchise...
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The platforms are of 6-car length only, despite a small number of peak-hour services being formed from 8 cars.
The original station building remains on the down (Country-bound) platform 2, with a substantial wooden shelter on the up (London-bound) platform. The ticket office is manned for limited hours during the morning peak period on Mondays to Fridays; at other times a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, also located on the down platform, suffices. A passenger information screen is located on the down platform 2 and provides information relating to train running times for both platforms. The station entrances/exits are on the down Platform 2.
A concrete footbridge, in very poor condition, spans the tracks here, linking the platforms. This footbridge is of a standard pre-fabricated design built at the Southern Railway's concrete factory at Exmouth Junction, east of Exeter. There is no level access to Platform 1.
Services
The station is open daily. The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to via and one train per hour to London VictoriaVictoria station (London)
Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and London Underground complex. It is named after nearby Victoria Street and not Queen Victoria. It is the second busiest railway terminus in London after Waterloo, and includes an air terminal for passengers...
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There is also a limited peak hour service on Mondays to Fridays across London via the Thameslink route, serving Elephant & Castle, Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon and London St Pancras International Low Level thence certain intermediate stations to Bedford.
Car Park
Barming Station has an 88-capacity car park [pay and display] operated for Southeastern by fellow Go-Ahead group company Meteor Parking. It has 2 ticket machines which accept cash and credit/debit cards. The car park adjoins the down Platform 2.Alternatively, car park patrons may pay at the station ticket office, but this has very limited opening hours.