The Kent Downs Line
The Kent Downs Line runs for 34.1 miles between Charing and Kemsing, serving 12 stations, with a top line speed of 80 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 34.1 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 69 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 12 |
| Top line speed | 80 mph |
| Passengers a year | 4.4 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Charing94,218 a year
- Lenham130,998 a year
- Harrietsham98,904 a year
- Hollingbourne62,252 a year
- Bearsted316,948 a year
- Maidstone East1.7 million a year
- Maidstone Barracks274,994 a year
- Barming236,990 a year
- East Malling93,032 a year
- West Malling896,670 a year
- Borough Green & Wrotham438,368 a year
- Kemsing16,834 a year
The busiest station on the line is Maidstone East, 1.7 million entries and exits a year and 323rd busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.