East Malling railway station

East Malling
General information
Location	East Malling, Tonbridge and Malling England
Grid reference	TQ702568
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	EML
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	May 1913
Passengers
2018/19	0.107 million
2019/20	0.106 million
2020/21	19,996
2021/22	57,882
2022/23	65,546
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

East Malling railway station serves the village of East Malling in Kent, and is close to Ditton and Larkfield. It is 35 miles 64 chains (57.6 km) down the line from London Victoria.

The station, and most trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern.

History

East Malling Halt opened in 1913. The station is at high level, adjacent to the railway bridge over the High Street, and the platforms are accessed by steps from street level: there are no lifts. ^[1] Originally built of sleepers,^[2] the halt was rebuilt in concrete in the late 1950s.^[3] About a mile (1.6 km) east of the station, a siding served a small quarry in the 1930s. Further east still, were the two Preston Hall Tunnels, of 33 yards (30 m) and 54 yards (49 m) length. These had been removed by 1995.^[1]

The ticket office here closed by 1988; it was located in a wooden building on the up (London-bound) platform, where the part retained as a shelter continues in use. A PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, located at road level at the foot of the steep staircase to the up platform, suffices. There is a metal shelter on the down platform, where extensive underpinning of the concrete platform took place in 2006. The platforms were extended in the late 1980s to take 8-car trains, having previously been of 6-car length only.

Services

All services at East Malling are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 1 tph to London Victoria
• 1 tph to Ashford International

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
West Malling		Southeastern Maidstone East Line		Barming

References

References

Sources

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-873793-45-9.

External links

London Charing Cross to GillinghamLondon Victoria to Ramsgate
via ChathamLondon Victoria to Dover
via ChathamLondon Victoria to Ashford
via Maidstone EastLondon St Pancras to Paris & Brussels
High Speed 1London Charing Cross to Dover
via TonbridgeLondon Charing Cross to HastingsLondon Bridge to UckfieldAshford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury WestDover to MargateRedhill–TonbridgeSittingbourne to Sheerness-on-SeaAshford to St Leonards
MarshlinkStrood to Paddock Wood
Medway Valley Line

Heritage railways

East Kent RailwayKent & East Sussex RailwayRomney, Hythe & Dymchurch RailwaySpa Valley Railway