Selling railway station

Selling
Selling railway station in 2012
General information
Location	Selling, Swale England
Grid reference	TR052572
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SEG
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	3 December 1860
Passengers
2019/20	70,870
2020/21	31,328
2021/22	63,386
2022/23	77,140
2023/24	90,862
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Selling railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Selling, Kent. It is 55 miles 18 chains (88.9 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Faversham and Canterbury East.

The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

The station and the line on which it is located were built by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. Formerly an excellent example of country station architecture, it was destroyed by fire from unknown cause in the early 1990s, shortly before it was to be awarded listed building status. The signal box at the station end of the 'up' (London-bound) platform was closed and dismantled shortly afterwards. The box can today be seen in use at Eythorne railway station on the East Kent Railway.

The station was a filming location in the 1944 film A Canterbury Tale, where it was called "Chillingbourne". Charles Hawtrey (of the Carry On films) played the porter. The station now has few facilities.

Ticketing

The station is now unmanned but was staffed when run by British Rail and was APTIS-equipped until December 1992. Nowadays, a PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine suffices. This issues 'Permits to Travel' and is situated at the entrance to the westbound platform.

Services

All services at Selling are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

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

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham
• 1 tph to Dover Priory

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Faversham		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch		Canterbury East

External links

• Train times and station information for Selling railway station from National Rail