Fire at Maidstone Barracks railway station halts rush hour trains to Strood
19:08, 20 April 2023
updated: 20:59, 20 April 2023
A fire close to a train track has caused rush hour chaos as power supplies to trains running through the area have been affected.
Services that travel from Maidstone to Strood were halted and replacement bus services put in place after the small fire near Maidstone Barracks railway station at around 4pm today.
Free buses were put on between Maidstone and Tonbridge, Maidstone and Snodland and Strood and Paddock Wood.
Following the fire, South Eastern has announced trains will now be running at a reduced speed across the affected track.
Latest news
Features
Most popular
- 1
Car overturns on main road in town centre
4 - 2
Air ambulance lands after head-on smash between bus and car
- 3
Public warned not to approach Kent killer being hunted by police
- 4
Non-smoker fined for dropping cigarette in town she’s ‘never been to’
25 - 5
Sadness as seaside kiosk boss calls it a day after 53 years
3
