Cuxton railway station
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Cuxton railway station is a railway station in the United Kingdom
. It is located on the Medway Valley Line
in the local government area of Medway, and it lies well to the east of the village of Cuxton
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Train services are provided by Southeastern
. The station has been updated with new Southeastern signs and a new colour scheme (lilac with a dark blue stripe).
The APTIS
-equipped ticket office, in an imposing building on the northbound platform, closed in September 1989; the building remains disused and is in poor condition although some efforts have been made in recent years to stem the decay and deter vandalism.
A PERTIS
(Permit to Travel) ticket machine is located at the entrance to the northbound platform; this was installed in 2007.
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United Kingdom
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. It is located on the Medway Valley Line
Medway Valley Line
The Medway Valley Line is the name given to the railway line linking and the Medway Towns with and onward to , and London St Pancras International...
in the local government area of Medway, and it lies well to the east of the village of Cuxton
Cuxton
Cuxton is a village in the unitary authority of Medway. It lies on left bank of the River Medway in the North Downs. It is served by the A228, and Cuxton railway station on the Medway Valley Line between Strood and Maidstone...
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Train services are provided by Southeastern
Southeastern (train operating company)
London & South Eastern Railway Limited, trading as Southeastern is a train operating company in south-east England. On 1 April 2006 it became the franchisee for the new Integrated Kent Franchise , replacing the publicly owned South Eastern Trains on the former South East Franchise...
. The station has been updated with new Southeastern signs and a new colour scheme (lilac with a dark blue stripe).
The APTIS
APTIS
APTIS was the Accountancy and Passenger Ticket Issuing System used on Rail transport in Great Britain until 2007.It was widely known as the All-Purpose Ticket-Issuing System, a description which was used during the development of the...
-equipped ticket office, in an imposing building on the northbound platform, closed in September 1989; the building remains disused and is in poor condition although some efforts have been made in recent years to stem the decay and deter vandalism.
A PERTIS
Permit to travel
In the ticketing system of the British rail network, a Permit to Travel provisionally allows passengers to travel on a train when they have not purchased a ticket in advance and the ticket office of the station they are travelling from is closed, without incurring a penalty fare.Since a large...
(Permit to Travel) ticket machine is located at the entrance to the northbound platform; this was installed in 2007.
Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to , with alternate trains extended to and , and two trains an hour to , for connections to LondonLondon
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