Gillingham railway station (Kent)


Gillingham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Gillingham, Kent. It is down the line from and is situated between and Rainham.
The station and most trains that call are operated by Southeastern. Following a timetable change on Sunday 20 May 2018, some trains are operated by Govia Thameslink. It is commonly suffixed as Gillingham to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Dorset.
The station first opened in 1858. It currently has three platforms and a passenger lift from the station entrance to the platforms.
The station underwent an extensive facelift between 2010 and 2012. This included a new entrance, better pavements, new roof, refurbished waiting rooms, and new cycle storage units.

Services

London bound services from Gillingham terminate at London Victoria via Rochester, the line through Meopham and Bromley South; London St Pancras via Ebbsfleet International; and via London Blackfriars.
Trains from London Charing Cross used to terminate on platform 1 and either then continue eastbound to Gillingham Rail Depot or then become London bound services to Charing Cross. Platform 1 is now a spare platform due to the introduction of Thameslink services terminating and starting from Rainham although it's still used for peak hour services to and from Victoria via Denmark Hill. Through trains from the east run from Platform 2.
Trains from platform 3 usually go to Ramsgate or Dover.
The May 2018 off-peak service from the station in trains per hour is: