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Junction Coffee

Opening on Tuesday 24 November at Gillingham station, Dorset.

Opening Tuesday 24 November

Skip past the cup to our coffee

01Gillingham, Dorset

On the platform

A Junction Coffee takeaway cup: satin black, with a white lid and the cream and gold Junction Coffee logo

Coffee at the station

A takeaway coffee shop on Platform 1 at Gillingham railway station, with benches right by the hatch.

BOMO Roast

Our coffee comes from this independent supplier in Bournemouth.

Coffee, tea and cold drinks

Espresso to mocha, matcha and hot chocolate, plus English breakfast, Earl Grey, peppermint and green tea.

Pastries and snacks

Opening hours

We're working on our opening hours. Check back soon.

Gillingham station

Platform 1, Station Yard, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4PZ

02Our coffee

Coffee from BOMO Roast

The coffee we'll pour on the platform comes from BOMO Roast, an independent coffee company in Bournemouth that has been going for more than 25 years.

BOMO started out with beans for a classic Italian espresso, sourced from Italy and hand-roasted by a small family roaster in Sicily. Today its blends run from those dark Sicilian roasts, through Tuscan-style blends from mainland Italy, to smoother, lighter blends roasted in the UK.

Visit BOMO Roast

Hot chocolate

Our hot chocolate comes from BOMO too.

Some of the blends we use in our coffee

Roasted in Sicily

Arabicaffe Miscela
Mostly arabica, with a little robusta for body. A traditional Sicilian roast: soft, almost smoky, with a deep burnt-sugar sweetness.
Arabicaffe Domus
A dark Sicilian roast, bold and densely creamy, that keeps its character in milk.

Tuscan blends

Ettico Classico
A classic, balanced Tuscan blend with plenty of caramel and a lighter floral note.
Ettico Piacentina
A Tuscan-style roast, the kind of coffee loved around Piacenza. Distinctive, and strong in milk.

The Option blends

Option P
Brazil, Latin America and Asian robusta. Rich and earthy, balanced by caramel sweetness.
Option C
Brazil, Honduras and Asian robusta, medium roasted for dark berry, stone fruit and nut.
Option 1
Colombia, Ethiopia and Latin America. Smooth and balanced: roasted nut and milk chocolate.
Option 4
Central America, Brazil and Indian robusta. Roasted nut and milk chocolate over an earthy base.
Option 5
Caramel on the nose, then milk chocolate and citrus in the cup.
The old round station clock at Gillingham, with Roman numerals and a dark wooden case, on a cream-painted brick wall
The old Gillingham station clock

Geof Sheppard , CC BY-SA 4.0 , cropped

03Visit us

Find the hatch

We'll be on Platform 1 at Gillingham railway station in Dorset. From the High Street, walk down Station Road and cross Le Neubourg Way – about five minutes.

Where to find us

Junction Coffee Gillingham stationPlatform 1Station Yard Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4PZ

Takeaway from our hatch on Platform 1, with benches right in front.

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Opening hours

Opening Tuesday 24 November

We're working on our opening hours. Check back soon.

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Along the line

Gillingham is on the West of England line, with trains east to London Waterloo and west to Exeter.

The London end

  1. London Waterloo
  2. Clapham Junction
  3. Woking
  4. Basingstoke
  5. Overton
  6. Whitchurch
  7. Andover
  8. Grateley
  9. Salisbury
  10. Tisbury
  11. Gillingham , where Junction Coffee is
  12. Templecombe
  13. Sherborne
  14. Yeovil Junction
  15. Crewkerne
  16. Axminster
  17. Honiton
  18. Feniton
  19. Whimple
  20. Cranbrook
  21. Pinhoe
  22. Exeter Central
  23. Exeter St Davids

The Exeter end

04History

The station over the years

The railway reached Gillingham in 1859. These are some of the moments since.

Gillingham station in 1975, seen from the footbridge: a diesel train pulls in beside the canopied platform and the station house, with the signal box on the left
Gillingham station from the footbridge, 1975

Colin Park , CC BY-SA 2.0 , converted to black and white

  1. The line arrives

    On April 3rd 1856 The Right Hon Miss Seymour dug the first turf for The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway which opened on May 2nd 1859.

    The blue plaque at the station, unveiled in 2009

    1. 1856 3 April

      The first turf of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway is cut at Gillingham, with a silver spade that is now in Gillingham Museum.

    2. 1859 2 May

      The line from Salisbury opens. The town puts up arches, rings the church bells and serves tea to more than 2,000 people.

    3. 1860

      After a year as the end of the line, Gillingham sees trains run on west: to Sherborne in May and Exeter in July.

    4. 1895

      A large dairy depot sends the town’s milk to the London markets by train.

  2. The age of steam

    Black-and-white photo of a steam locomotive with an Atlantic Coast Express headboard pulling a long train through open fields near Tisbury
    The Atlantic Coast Express near Tisbury, 1960

    Ben Brooksbank , CC BY-SA 2.0

    1. 1926 19 July

      The Atlantic Coast Express begins, running from Waterloo through Gillingham to Devon and Cornwall.

    2. 1952 3 July

      Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the station on a visit to the town.

    3. 1957 28 April

      A new brick signal box opens at the west end of the platform.

    4. 1964 5 September

      The Atlantic Coast Express makes its last run, in the last year of regular steam on the line.

  3. The station today

    Gillingham station in May 2012: the steam locomotive Clan Line, carrying a headboard that reads The Cathedrals Express, draws into Platform 2 with steam rising behind it, and a few people wait at the far end of the platform
    The Cathedrals Express at Gillingham, May 2012

    Clive Warneford , CC BY-SA 2.0 , converted to black and white

    1. 1967

      The line becomes mostly single track. Gillingham keeps its passing loop, so trains still wait here for each other.

    2. 2009 2 May

      For the railway’s 150th anniversary, more than 1,000 people watch the blue plaque being unveiled.

    3. 2012

      Steam still comes through on special trains, like the Cathedrals Express in May.

06Contact

Say hello

Questions or a kind word: email us. From 24 November, come and see us at the hatch.