Maidstone Barracks railway station

Maidstone Barracks
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Location
Place	Maidstone
Local authority	Maidstone
Grid reference	TQ754561
Operations
Station code	MDB
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	1,479
2005/06	3,002
2006/07	4,190
2007/08	399
2008/09	399
2009/10	152,000
2010/11	160,029
2011/12	118,108
- Interchange	21,338
2012/13	0.268 million
- Interchange	23,890
2013/14	0.267 million
- Interchange	23,177
History
Key dates	Opened 1 July 1874 (1 July 1874)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maidstone Barracks from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Maidstone Barracks railway station is one of three railway stations which serve Maidstone in Kent. It is on the Medway Valley Line, and train services are provided by Southeastern.

The station has been unstaffed since September 1989, and the booking office on the Strood-bound platform subsequently demolished. A PERTIS (permit to travel) passenger-operated self-service ticket machine was installed on the Strood-bound platform in 2007–08.

Service

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to Maidstone West, of which one train per hour is extended to Paddock Wood and Tonbridge, and two trains an hour to Strood. Connections to London are available from either Strood or Paddock Wood, or from Maidstone East, a short walk away.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aylesford		Southeastern Medway Valley Line		Maidstone West

See also

• Maidstone East railway station
• Maidstone West railway station

External links

• Train times and station information for Maidstone Barracks railway station from National Rail