Pluckley railway station serves Pluckley

Pluckley

Pluckley is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, United Kingdom. It is located close to the North Downs, and is approximately 5 miles west of Ashford...

 in Kent

Kent

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, and is located approximately 2 km south of the village. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated 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...

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The ticket office is manned only during part of the day; at other times 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' machine, located outside the station building on the 'down' side, suffices.

History

The station opened with this section South Eastern Main Line on 1 December 1842. Despite platform lengthening, the addition of a footbridge and the closure of the goods yard, it remains little changed and is the only survivor from the original SER stations.

Services

As of May 2010 the typical off peak services from this station are:

• 2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross
  Charing Cross railway station
  Charing Cross railway station, also known as London Charing Cross, is a central London railway terminus in the City of Westminster, England. It is one of 18 stations managed by Network Rail, and trains serving it are operated by Southeastern...
  
  
• 1tph to Dover Priory
  Dover Priory railway station
  Dover Priory railway station is the main station in Dover in Kent, with the other station being Kearsney situated on the outskirts of Dover. . All train services are provided by Southeastern...
  
   and Canterbury West
  Canterbury West railway station
  Canterbury West railway station is one of two stations in Canterbury in Kent. It is north-northwest of the city centre. It is served by Southeastern....
  
   (dividing at )
• 1tph to via Dover and Canterbury, dividing at Ashford

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