Kearsney train station
You can reach 27 stations directly from Kearsney on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Aylesham, with 51 trains a day.
Kearsney is the nearest station for postcodes in CT15. Check your own postcode.
- 27 direct destinations
- 2,064th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 10 parking spaces
- 7 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Kearsney
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesham | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Canterbury East | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Dover Priory | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Faversham | 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 Kearsney
Kearsney 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 Kearsney station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Kearsney 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 Kearsney station is
47,626 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,064th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Kearsney and Dover Priory than any other pair: 15,122 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
- Dover Priory 2.2 miles
- Shepherdswell 3.2 miles
- Martin Mill 3.6 miles
- Snowdown 5.2 miles
- Aylesham 6.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Kearsney, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Stonehall and Lydden Halt · 1.6 miles
- Dover Harbour · 2.7 miles
- Shakespeare Cliff Halt · 2.9 miles
- Tilmanstone Colliery Halt · 4.1 miles
- Folkestone Warren Halt · 4.5 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Kearsney station
Kearsney is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:40 to 10:20 · Saturday: closed · Sunday: closed
Parking at Kearsney station
- Station Car Park 10 spaces, 1 accessible
£5.10 off-peak, £5.60 a day, £20.50 a week
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Kearsney station
Kearsney station is in Dover, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J13 (Castle Hill), 6.0 miles south-west.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Wellington Road.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Kearsney 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
From the Train Map UK shop See everything
