Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station

Chestfield & Swalecliffe National Rail
Location
Place Swalecliffe
Local authority City of Canterbury
Grid reference TR136668
Operations
Station code CSW
Managed by Southeastern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Decrease 0.143 million
2011/12 Increase 0.152 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.127 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.124 million
2014/15 Increase 0.125 million
History
Key dates Opened 6 July 1930[1] (6 July 1930[1])
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chestfield & Swalecliffe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station, is a UK railway station on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, and serves Chestfield and Swalecliffe, villages which are now part of the built-up area between Whitstable and Herne Bay. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

The station was originally opened as "Swalecliffe Halt" on 6 July 1930 by Southern Railway.[1] It was latter renamed "Chestfield & Swalecliffe Halt", shortened to Chestfield in 1987 and reverted to "Chestfield & 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

The typical off-peak service from the station is

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Whitstable   Southeastern
Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch		   Herne Bay
View from the road in 1985 before the by-pass was built.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station on Kentrail - David Glasspool - Accessed 2 September 2007

Coordinates: 51°21′36.81″N 1°4′0.70″E / 51.3602250°N 1.0668611°E / 51.3602250; 1.0668611

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