Farningham Road railway station

Railway station in Kent, England

51°24′06″N 0°14′10″E / 51.401575°N 0.236222°E / 51.401575; 0.236222Grid referenceTQ556693Managed bySoutheasternPlatforms2Other informationStation codeFNRClassificationDfT category EKey dates3 December 1860OpenedPassengers2018/19

0.211 million2019/20

0.199 million2020/21

38,9322021/22

0.104 million2022/23

0.119 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Farningham Road railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the villages of Farningham, Sutton-at-Hone, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, Kent. It is 20 miles 41 chains (33.0 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Swanley and Longfield.

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.

The ticket office, on the 'up' (London-bound) side, is situated in the substantial station building. This is staffed only during part of the day; at other times a self service ticket machine can be used, located on the platform side of the station building.

The railway line was electrified as part of the Southern Railway's "Maidstone & Gillingham Electrification" scheme of July 1939.^[1]^[2] The station was previously named Farningham Road & Sutton-at-Hone.

Services

All services at Farningham Road are operated by Southeastern using Class 375, 465 and 466 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

1 tph to London Victoria via Denmark Hill
1 tph to Gillingham

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional hourly service between London Victoria and Gillingham, increasing the service to 2 tph in each direction.

On Sundays, the service to Gillingham is extended to and from Dover Priory.

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Swanley		Southeastern Chatham Main Line	Longfield
	Historical railways
Swanley Line and station open		London, Chatham and Dover Railway Chatham Main Line	Horton Kirby Boys Home Line open, station closed
Terminus		British Rail Southern Region Gravesend West Line	Longfield Halt

References

^ "Electric Railways". 'Stendec Systems'. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2007.
^ "Farningham Road". Kent Rail. 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
^ Table 212 National Rail timetable, December 2022