Beltring railway station

Beltring
Location
Place	Beltring
Local authority	Maidstone
Coordinates	51°12′17″N 0°24′21″E / 51.204587°N 0.405887°ECoordinates: 51°12′17″N 0°24′21″E / 51.204587°N 0.405887°E
Grid reference	TQ680477
Operations
Station code	BEG
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	6,154
2005/06	6,964
2006/07	7,230
2007/08	8,180
2008/09	9,626
2009/10	11,532
2010/11	14,510
2011/12	12,766
2012/13	13,152
2013/14	11,890
History
Key dates	Opened 1 September 1909
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Beltring from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Beltring railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

Beltring station opened later than the others on the line (which had been opened in 1844): its opening date was 1 September 1909. The halt originally had platforms built of wooden sleepers.^[1] It originally had a freight siding; used for the forwarding of farm produce until 5 June 1961. The station was then named Beltring and Branbridges Halt. It consists of concrete platforms with shelters. It serves a predominantly rural area: the nearest settlements being the small villages of Beltring, Branbridges, Laddingford and East Peckham.

In 2007, a PERTIS (Permit to Travel) ticket machine was installed at the entrance to the southbound platform.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Paddock Wood and Tonbridge, and one train an hour to Strood. Connections to London are available at either of these two stations, or by changing at Maidstone Barracks and walking to Maidstone East.

Plans mooted in the mid-2000s to close Beltring station, or at least replace the existing services with a token service (such as one train a week in each direction) have been withdrawn.^[2]

References

1. Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. p. 40. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.
2. Southeastern. "Southeastern mainline timetable changes". Retrieved 2009-12-29.

External links

• Train times and station information for Beltring railway station from National Rail