Swale train station
You can reach 6 stations directly from Swale on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Kemsley, with 39 trains a day.
Direct trains from Swale
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kemsley | 39 | 37 | 34 |
| Queenborough | 39 | 37 | 34 |
| Sheerness-on-Sea | 39 | 37 | 34 |
| Sittingbourne | 38 | 37 | 34 |
| Gillingham | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainham | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Swale
Swale is on the Sheerness Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Swale station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Swale 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 Swale station is
7,300 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,406th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Swale and Sittingbourne than any other pair: 1,254 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 1.9 miles
- Kemsley 2.0 miles
- Sittingbourne 3.3 miles
- Sheerness-on-Sea 3.6 miles
- Newington 4.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Swale, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt · 0.4 miles
- Queenborough Pier · 2.5 miles
- Sheerness East · 2.9 miles
- East Minster · 3.1 miles
- Minster on Sea · 3.3 miles
- Sheerness Dockyard · 3.4 miles
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Facilities at Swale station
Swale is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Swale station
Swale station is in Swale, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M2 J5 (Stockbury), 5.4 miles south-west.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Swale 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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