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Station Approach, MAIDSTONE, ME17 2HR

The line from Otford to Maidstone East was opened on 1st June 1874 by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. On 1st July 1884 this was extended from Maidstone East to Ashford with intermediate stations opening at Bearsted, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Lenham and Charing on the same day. In many ways Lenham is the most interesting of the five stations between Maidstone East and Ashford International as a loop line runs beyond the up platform (seen here on the right) and there are various other sidings seen from the platforms. The remains of one old siding can be seen next to the western part of the down platform and at one stage there was a bay platform there. A rail training centre is alongside the approach road and young trainees in their new hard hats and high visibility tops can be seen out and about around the station. Within the training centre are practice rail tracks. A new footbridge at Lenham replaced the life-expired concrete footbridge spanning the tracks here, and was completed in early 2010.

The line from Otford to Maidstone East was opened on 1st June 1874 by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. On 1st July 1884 this was extended from Maidstone East to Ashford with intermediate stations opening at Bearsted, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Lenham and Charing on the same day. This is the view from the down platform looking towards Ashford International. After an unusually cold March, daffodils were very late flowering this year. In many ways Lenham is the most interesting of the five stations between Maidstone East and Ashford International as a loop line (seen here on the far side) runs beyond the up platform, and there are various other sidings seen from the platforms. The remains of one old siding can be seen next to the western part of the down platform and at one stage there was a bay platform there. A rail training centre is alongside the approach road and young trainees in their new hard hats and high visibility tops can be seen out and about around the station. Within the training centre are practice rail tracks. A new footbridge at Lenham replaced the life-expired concrete footbridge spanning the tracks here, and was completed in early 2010.

Opened in 1884 by the London Chatham & Dover Railway on the line from Swanley to Ashford (Kent). View south east towards Charing and Ashford.

The line from Otford to Maidstone East was opened on 1st June 1874 by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. On 1st July 1884 this was extended from Maidstone East to Ashford with intermediate stations opening at Bearsted, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Lenham and Charing on the same day. In many ways Lenham is the most interesting of the five stations between Maidstone East and Ashford International as a loop line (seen here on the right) runs beyond the up platform, and there are various other sidings seen from the platforms. The remains of one old siding can be seen next to the western part of the down platform and at one stage there was a bay platform there. A rail training centre is alongside the approach road and young trainees in their new hard hats and high visibility tops can be seen out and about around the station. Within the training centre are practice rail tracks. A new footbridge at Lenham replaced the life-expired concrete footbridge spanning the tracks here, and was completed in early 2010.