Sheerness-on-Sea railway station
Sheerness-on-Sea 
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| Location | |
| Place | Sheerness |
| Local authority | Swale |
| Grid reference | TQ917748 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SSS |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.474 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.411 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.390 million |
| 2014/15 |
 0.396 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.404 million |
| History | |
| 1 June 1883 | Opened |
| 8 November 1914 | Closed |
| 2 January 1922 | Reopened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sheerness-on-Sea from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Sheerness. Train services are provided by Southeastern.
For a period up to 1973 hourly direct services to London Victoria left from platform 2. By 1978 direct services ran only in peak hours, the fastest taking 98mins to reach Victoria, slower than the fastest 81mins, and off-peak half-hourly 94 mins to London St Pancras International 35 years later, which require a change.
After the withdrawal of the Class 411 Ceps, services from August 1998 to December 2006 were operated by the Class 508. From the December 2006 timetable change, the two coach Class 466 are used.
The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to Sittingbourne, for connections to London.
Since January 2015, Southeastern operates two direct services from Sheerness-on-Sea to London Victoria in the morning peak. These services do not stop at Sittingbourne by using the third side of a triangle junction (Western Junction) that links the Sheerness Line to the west bound Chatham Mainline. There are also two return services from London Victoria to Sheerness-on-Sea in the evening peak.
Coordinates: 51°26′28″N 0°45′31″E / 51.4410°N 0.7585°E
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