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Marden railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving Marden in the borough of Maidstone, Kent. It is 39 miles 31 chains (63.4 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Paddock Wood and Staplehurst. The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.

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Staplehurst railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the town of Staplehurst, Kent. It is 41 miles 70 chains (67.4 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Marden and Headcorn. The station and all trains calling there are operated by Southeastern.

Headcorn railway station

Headcorn railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the village of Headcorn, Kent. It is 45 miles 20 chains (72.8 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Staplehurst and Pluckley. The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.

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The Staplehurst rail crash was a derailment at Staplehurst, Kent on 9 June 1865 at 3:13 pm. The South Eastern Railway Folkestone to London boat train derailed while crossing a viaduct where a length of track had been removed during engineering works, killing ten passengers and injuring forty. In the Board of Trade report it was found that a man had been placed with a red flag 554 yards (507 m) away but the regulations required him to be 1,000 yards (910 m) away and the train had insufficient time to stop.

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Staplehurst is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Maidstone in Kent, England, 9 miles (14 km) south of the town of Maidstone. The name Staplehurst comes from the Saxon words maple and hurst. The village lies on the route of a Roman road, which is now incorporated into the course of the A229.

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