Sheerness-on-Sea train station
You can reach 6 stations directly from Sheerness-on-Sea on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Kemsley, with 57 trains a day.
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Sheerness-on-Sea is the nearest station for postcodes in ME12. Check your own postcode.
- 6 direct destinations
- 932nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Sheerness-on-Sea
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kemsley | 57 | 38 | 34 |
| Queenborough | 57 | 38 | 34 |
| Sittingbourne | 56 | 38 | 34 |
| Swale | 39 | 37 | 34 |
| Gillingham | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainham | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Sheerness-on-Sea
Sheerness-on-Sea is on the Sheerness Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Sheerness-on-Sea station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Sheerness-on-Sea 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 Sheerness-on-Sea station is
439,094 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 932nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Sheerness-on-Sea and Sittingbourne than any other pair: 148,882 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: 4 stations instead of 6, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 4.
Nearest other stations
- Queenborough 1.7 miles
- Swale 3.6 miles
- Kemsley 5.5 miles
- Shoeburyness 6.5 miles
- Thorpe Bay 6.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Sheerness-on-Sea, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Sheerness Dockyard · 0.4 miles
- Sheerness East · 1.2 miles
- Queenborough Pier · 1.6 miles
- East Minster · 2.2 miles
- Port Victoria · 2.5 miles
- Minster on Sea · 2.7 miles
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Facilities at Sheerness-on-Sea station
Sheerness-on-Sea is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:30 to 13:10 · Saturday: 06:30 to 13:15 · Sunday: 07:45 to 15:45
Cycle parking: 40 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Sheerness-on-Sea station
Sheerness-on-Sea station is in Swale, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M2 J5 (Stockbury), 8.7 miles south-west.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Sheerness-on-Sea 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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