Newington railway station

This article is about the railway station in Kent, England. For the former railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, see Newington (Edinburgh) railway station.

Newington
Location
Place	Newington
Local authority	Borough of Swale
Coordinates
Grid reference	TQ858649
Operations
Station code	NGT
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.129 million
2005/06	0.136 million
2006/07	0.145 million
2007/08	0.151 million
2008/09	0.154 million
2009/10	0.140 million
2010/11	0.135 million
2011/12	0.136 million
2012/13	0.128 million
2013/14	0.126 million
History
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
25 January 1858	Line opened
1 August 1862 (1862-08-01)	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newington from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Newington railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, England. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

History

The railway line between Chatham and Faversham was opened on 25 January 1858 by the East Kent Railway, which became the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) the following year. A station on that line at Newington was opened by the LCDR on 1 August 1862.

Facilities

The station is 41 miles 42 chains (66.8 km) from London Victoria (measured via Herne Hill). Most of the line between Swanley and Dover has two tracks, but there are four tracks from a point about half a mile east of Rainham to 41 miles 52 chains (67.0 km), at the eastern end of Newington station. The outermost two tracks are designated the "loop" lines, and the innermost two are the "main" lines. At Newington, there are two platforms, one on each of the "loop" lines; these are capable of accepting 12 car trains.

Services

Typical off-peak services are:

• 1tph to London Victoria via Chatham, Bromley South.
• 1tph to Dover Priory via Canterbury East.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rainham (Kent)		Southeastern Chatham Main Line		Sittingbourne
				Kemsley Limited Service

Front entrance to Newington railway station

External links

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