Whitstable railway station

Whitstable
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Location
Place	Whitstable
Local authority	City of Canterbury
Grid reference	TR112664
Operations
Station code	WHI
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.649 million
2005/06	0.701 million
2006/07	0.774 million
2007/08	0.776 million
2008/09	0.783 million
2009/10	0.742 million
2010/11	0.746 million
2011/12	0.763 million
2012/13	0.753 million
2013/14	0.778 million
2014/15	0.802 million
History
Original company	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
1 January 1915 (1915-01-01)	Opened as Whitstable Town and Tankerton
1 February 1936	Renamed Whitstable and Tankerton
1979	Renamed Whitstable
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitstable from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Whitstable railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Whitstable. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

History

Whitstable has been served by five different stations on two different routes. The route between Faversham and Whitstable was opened by the Margate Railway on 1 August 1860, and was extended to Herne Bay on 13 July 1861. The first station on that line to serve Whitstable was in Oxford Street, and had latterly been known as Whitstable Town; it closed on 31 December 1914. The following day, a new station was opened 705 yards (645 m) to the east; this was named Whitstable Town and Tankerton. This was renamed Whitstable and Tankerton on 1 February 1936, and Whitstable in 1979.

Services

• 1tph to London St Pancras via Chatham and Ebbsfleet International
• 1tph to London St Pancras via Margate, Ramsgate, Deal, Dover Priory and Ashford International
• 1tph to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South
• 1tph to Ramsgate via Margate

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Faversham		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch		Chestfield & Swalecliffe
Faversham		Southeastern High Speed 1		Herne Bay

See also

• Whitstable Harbour railway station

External links

• Train times and station information for Whitstable railway station from National Rail