Aylesham railway station

Aylesham railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the village of Aylesham, Kent. It is 68mi down-line from and is situated between and.The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.It was built by the Southern Railway and opened on 1 July 1928 to cater for the considerable increase in passenger traffic brought about by the development of the Kent coalfield. The main station buildings are on the London-bound side of the station.The station booking office is manned on Mondays to Saturdays mornings and a "Permit to Travel" self-service ticket machine is located on the London-bound platform.HistoryOpened by the Southern Railway the station passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.ServicesThe typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.