Sheerness-on-Sea railway station

Railway station in Kent, England

Sheerness-on-Sea

General information
Location	Sheerness, Swale England
Grid reference	TQ917748
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SSS
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1 June 1883	Opened
8 November 1914	Closed
2 January 1922	Reopened
Passengers

2018/19	0.440 million
2019/20	0.429 million
2020/21	0.133 million
2021/22	0.332 million
2022/23	0.349 million




Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Sheerness. It is 51 miles 19 chains (82.5 km) down the line from London Victoria.

Train services are provided by Southeastern.

History

For a period up to 1973 hourly direct services to London Victoria left from platform 2. By 1978 direct services ran only in peak hours, the fastest taking 98 mins to reach Victoria,^[1] slower than the fastest ones taking 81 mins, and off-peak half-hourly 94 mins to London St Pancras International 35 years later, which require a change.^[2]

After the withdrawal of the Class 411 4-CEPs, services from August 1998 to December 2006 were operated by the Class 508. From the December 2006 timetable change, the two coach Class 466 were used. In 2019, in order to comply with accessibility requirements, the trains were replaced with Class 375 Electrostars, most commonly the 3-car variants.

Accidents and incidents

On 26 February 1971, a train formed of five 2HAP electric multiple units overran the buffers and demolished the station building. One person was killed and ten were injured.^[3]

Services

All services at Sheerness-on-Sea are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to Sittingbourne, increasing to two trains per hour during the weekday peak hours.^[4]

Connections with trains to London Victoria and London St Pancras International can be made by changing at Sittingbourne.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Queenborough		Southeastern Sheerness Line		Terminus

References

^ British Rail passenger timetable 2 May 1977 to 7 May 1978 Table 212.
^ National Rail timetable 2013.
^ Moody, G. T. (1979) [1957]. Southern Electric 1909-1979 (Fifth ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan Ltd. p. 212. ISBN 0 7110 0924 4.
^ Table 212 National Rail timetable, December 2021