Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station
Chestfield and Swalecliffe  | |
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| Location | Swalecliffe, City of Canterbury England |
| Grid reference | TR136668 |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CSW |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Opened | 6 July 1930[1] |
| Passengers | |
| 2016/17 |  0.122 million |
| 2017/18 |  0.138 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.129 million |
| 2019/20 |  0.129 million |
| 2020/21 | 29,322 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Chestfield and Swalecliffe railway station is on the Ramsgate branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the villages of Chestfield, Swalecliffe and the Eastern region of the town of Whitstable, Kent. It is 60 miles 45 chains (97.5 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Whitstable and Herne Bay.
The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
It was originally opened as "Swalecliffe Halt" on 6 July 1930 by Southern Railway.[1] It was later renamed "Chestfield & Swalecliffe Halt", shortened to "Chestfield" in 1987 and reverted to "Chestfield and Swalecliffe" in 1989. Although the railway station itself actually lies in the village of Swalecliffe, nearby Chestfield is substantially the bigger village.[1]
There are waiting shelters and an Up side booking office, which is open for a few hours each morning; the platforms are built of rails and sleepers. The "down" ticket office was burnt down by vandals in 1989.[1]
Services[]
Off-peak, all services at Chestfield & Swalecliffe are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 1 tph to London Victoria via Bromley South
- 1 tph to Ramsgate
A number of Southeastern High Speed services to London St Pancras International also call here during the peak hours. These services are operated using Class 395 EMUs.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Southeastern | ||||
References[]
- ^ a b c d Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station on Kentrail - David Glasspool - Accessed 2 September 2007
- ^ "Timetable 2: London to Medway Towns, Dover and Ramsgate" (PDF). Southeastern, September 2020.
External links[]
- Train times and station information for Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 51°21′36.81″N 1°4′0.70″E / 51.3602250°N 1.0668611°E
- City of Canterbury
- Railway stations in Kent
- Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1930
- Railway stations served by Southeastern