Maidstone West railway station

You can reach 20 stations directly from Maidstone West on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Strood, with 78 trains a day.

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Address: ME16 8RJ

Maidstone West is the nearest station for postcodes in ME15. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Maidstone West

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Strood	78	68	34
Snodland	77	68	34
Aylesford	73	68	34
Cuxton	73	68	34
Halling	73	68	34
Maidstone Barracks	73	68	34
New Hythe	73	68	34
Paddock Wood	70	66	34
Beltring	69	66	34
East Farleigh	69	66	34
Wateringbury	69	66	34
Yalding	69	66	34
Tonbridge	14	4	6
Gravesend	5	0	0
Ebbsfleet International	4	0	0
Stratford International	4	0	0
London St. Pancras International	4	0	0
Chatham	2	1	0
Gillingham	2	1	0
Rochester	2	1	0

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How busy Maidstone West is

561,432 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 817th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 71,567 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Maidstone West and Strood (Kent) than any other pair: 62,288 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 20, a drop of about 35%. Saturday runs to 16.

Nearest other stations

Maidstone Barracks 0.5 miles
Maidstone East 0.5 miles
East Farleigh 1.7 miles
Barming 1.9 miles
Bearsted 2.7 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Maidstone West, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Tovil · 0.4 miles
Teston Crossing Halt · 3.2 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.