Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station

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Chestfield & Swalecliffe National Rail
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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*
2004/05  0.143 million
2005/06 Increase 0.147 million
2006/07 Increase 0.150 million
2007/08 Increase 0.173 million
2008/09 Decrease 0.166 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.152 million
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])
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* 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 one train per hour to London Victoria via the Medway Towns and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Ramsgate via Margate.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Whitstable   Southeastern
Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch
  Herne Bay
File:Chestfield & Swalecliffe station geograph-3084866-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
View from the road in 1985 before the by-pass was built.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station on Kentrail - David Glasspool - Accessed 2 September 2007

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