Selling railway station is on the

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branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of

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, Kent. It is down the line from and is situated between and . 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

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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 unstaffed but was staffed when run by

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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 EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to via * 1 tph to Additional services including trains to and from and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

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Railway stations in Swale DfT Category F1 stations Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1860 Railway stations served by Southeastern {{Kent-railstation-stub