Aylesham train station
You can reach 27 stations directly from Aylesham on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Canterbury East, with 51 trains a day.
Direct trains from Aylesham
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury East | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Dover Priory | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Faversham | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Kearsney | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Selling | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Shepherdswell | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Adisham | 50 | 44 | 38 |
| Bekesbourne | 50 | 44 | 38 |
| Snowdown | 50 | 44 | 38 |
| Gillingham | 40 | 42 | 0 |
| Rainham | 40 | 42 | 34 |
| Sittingbourne | 40 | 42 | 34 |
| Chatham | 39 | 41 | 0 |
| Rochester | 39 | 41 | 0 |
| Newington | 37 | 42 | 34 |
| Teynham | 37 | 42 | 34 |
| Bromley South | 36 | 41 | 0 |
| London Victoria | 36 | 41 | 0 |
| Longfield | 16 | 24 | 0 |
| Meopham | 15 | 24 | 0 |
| London Cannon Street | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Farningham Road | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Swanley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| St Mary Cray | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sole Street | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Aylesham
Aylesham is on the Chatham Main Line (Dover Branch). That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Aylesham station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Aylesham station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Aylesham station is
106,320 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,734th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Aylesham and Canterbury East than any other pair: 44,628 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 13 stations instead of 27, a drop of about 52%. Saturday runs to 25.
Nearest other stations
- Snowdown 0.9 miles
- Adisham 1.1 miles
- Shepherdswell 2.9 miles
- Bekesbourne 3.9 miles
- Kearsney 6.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Aylesham, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Tilmanstone Colliery Halt · 2.9 miles
- Wingham Town · 2.9 miles
- Knowlton · 2.9 miles
- Wingham Colliery · 2.9 miles
- Barham · 2.9 miles
- Wingham (Canterbury Road) · 3.0 miles
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Facilities at Aylesham station
Aylesham is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:30 to 13:10 · Saturday: 06:30 to 13:10 · Sunday: closed
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Aylesham station
Aylesham station is in Dover, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J13 (Castle Hill), 9.3 miles south.
1 bus stop is within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Aylesham station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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