West Malling railway station (sometimes shown as West Malling for Kings Hill) lies to the east of West Malling, Kent, England, and is close to Kings Hill, Larkfield and Leybourne. It is 34 miles 61 chains (55.9 km) down the line from London Victoria.

West Malling
General information
Location	West Malling, Tonbridge and Malling England
Grid reference	TQ687575
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WMA
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
1 June 1874	Opened as Malling
23 May 1949	Renamed West Malling
Passengers
2016/17	0.853 million
2017/18	0.840 million
2018/19	0.873 million
2019/20	0.845 million
2020/21	0.143 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.

History

Malling station opened on 1 June 1874, as part of the Maidstone Line from Swanley to Maidstone.[1] It was renamed West Malling on 23 May 1949.[2] The goods yard had four sidings, one of which served a goods shed.[3] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 19 May 1964.[4] The signal box closed on 9 December 1983.[5]

The ticket office at the station is staffed for most of the day. There are self-service Scheidt and Bachmann ticket machines on both platforms. A PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine was once located on Platform 1 for the issue of 'Permit to Travel' tickets (which are exchanged on-train or at staffed stations for travel tickets) but this was withdrawn some years ago.

Nu-Venture bus 123 provides a regular link to/from Kings Hill (some journeys via West Malling) on Mondays to Fridays (not late evening). Through road-rail ticketing using Bus 123 is available to 'KINGS HILL BUS' from rail stations in SE England.

Services

All services at West Malling are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6]

• 1 tph to London Victoria
• 1 tph to Ramsgate via Maidstone East, Ashford International and Canterbury West

During the peak hours and on Saturdays, the station is served by an additional hourly service between London Victoria and Ashford International, increasing the service to 2 tph in each direction. There are also a small number of services to and from London Blackfriars.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Borough Green & Wrotham		Southeastern Maidstone East Line		East Malling
				Maidstone East

References

References

Sources

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-873793-45-9.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to West Malling railway station.

• Train times and station information for West Malling railway station from National Rail