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Sheerness-on-Sea
General information
Location	Sheerness,Swale England
Grid reference	TQ917748
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SSS
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1 June 1883	Opened
8 November 1914	Closed
2 January 1922	Reopened
Passengers
2019/20	0.429 million
2020/21	0.133 million
2021/22	0.332 million
2022/23	0.349 million
2023/24	0.408 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is on theSheerness Line in northKent, England, and serves the town ofSheerness. It is 51 miles 19 chains (82.5 km) down the line fromLondon Victoria.

Train services are provided bySoutheastern.

For a period up to 1973 hourly direct services toLondon Victoria left from platform 2. By 1978 direct services ran only in peak hours, the fastest taking 98 mins to reach Victoria,^[1] slower than the fastest ones taking 81 mins, and off-peak half-hourly 94 mins toLondon St Pancras International 35 years later, which require a change.^[2]

After the withdrawal of theClass 411 4-CEPs, services from August 1998 to December 2006 were operated by theClass 508. From the December 2006 timetable change, the two coachClass 466 were used. In 2019, in order to comply with accessibility requirements, the trains were replaced withClass 375 Electrostars, most commonly the 3-car variants.

• On 26 February 1971, a train formed of five2HAPelectric multiple units overran the buffers and demolished the station building. One person was killed and ten were injured.^[3]

All services at Sheerness-on-Sea are operated bySoutheastern usingClass 375EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour toSittingbourne, increasing to two trains per hour during the weekday peak hours.^[4]

Connections with trains toLondon Victoria andLondon St Pancras International can be made by changing at Sittingbourne.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Queenborough		Southeastern Sheerness Line		Terminus

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• Train times andstation information for Sheerness-on-Sea railway station fromNational Rail

51°26′28″N0°45′31″E / 51.4410°N 0.7585°E /51.4410; 0.7585

• Sheerness
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• Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations
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