Teynham railway station
Teynham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Teynham, Kent. It is down the line from and is situated between and.
The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
On the London-bound platform, there is a staffed booking office which is open Monday to Friday 06:30-09:30 only. At all other times, including Saturday and Sunday the station is unstaffed.
Outside of these hours tickets can be purchased via a S&B Ticket Vending Machine machine. This offers a full range of day and open tickets from any station to any station on the UK network with Railcard discounts, subject to the Railcard Restrictions. It also offers Weekly, Monthly and Yearly tickets. However TVM Lites only accept card payments and therefore Passengers with cash will need to pay on the train with the Conductor or as soon as possible at the next available staffed ticket office.
History
The section of the East Kent Railway between and opened on 25 January 1858, and Teynham station opened with the line.The original two-storey brick built station was demolished in the 1970s and replaced by the prefabricated buildings popular at the time.
A manually operated crossing to allow access to Station Row to the north of the line was finally replaced with automatic gates during the upgrading of signalling in December 2011.
Accidents and incidents
- In December 1861, a passenger train was derailed due to elongation of the gap at a rail joint during cold weather.
Services
All services at Teynham are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
- 1 tph to
- 1 tph to via