Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station

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.

Chestfield and Swalecliffe
National Rail
General information
LocationSwalecliffe, City of Canterbury
England
Grid referenceTR136668
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCSW
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened6 July 1930[1]
Passengers
2017/18Increase 0.138 million
2018/19Decrease 0.129 million
2019/20Steady 0.129 million
2020/21Decrease 29,322
2021/22Increase 71,064
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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
View from the road in 1985 before the by-pass was built.

All services at Chestfield & Swalecliffe are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 395 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours. The station is also served by a small number of High Speed services to London St Pancras International.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southeastern

References
  1. Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station on Kentrail - David Glasspool - Accessed 2 September 2007
  2. Table 194, 212 National Rail timetable, December 2021
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