Minster railway station
Minster railway station serves Minster in Kent and surrounding villages. It is next to a junction between Canterbury West, Ramsgate and Sandwich.
Minster | |
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Location | |
Place | Minster-in-Thanet |
Local authority | Thanet |
Grid reference | TR311641 |
Operations | |
Station code | MSR |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | F1 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2014/15 | |
– Interchange | |
2015/16 | |
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2016/17 | |
– Interchange | |
2017/18 | |
– Interchange | |
2018/19 | |
– Interchange | |
History | |
13 April 1846[1] | Opened as Minster |
1 January 1852 | Renamed Minster Junction |
1 August 1901 | Renamed Minster Junction (Thanet) |
7 May 1945 | Renamed Minster (Thanet) |
1952 | Renamed Minster (Thanet), Junction for Sandwich, Deal and Walmer |
1971 | Renamed Minster |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
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Facilities
The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. On the Ramsgate-bound platform, there is a ticket machine offering a full range of tickets. The former booking office is still standing but no longer in use.[2]
History
The station was opened on 13 April 1846 by the South Eastern Railway (SER) on the Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line.[1] To the east is the junction station for the SER branch line to Deal via Sandwich - itself opened on 1 July 1847.[3][4]
Originally there was no connection for trains running from Ramsgate SER Station to Deal and services were provided from a bay platform. Services from Sandwich and Deal terminated at Minster, where passengers then had to change trains for services towards Ramsgate. A connecting spur opened in October 1858 to resolve this issue.[5]
Along with other stations along the line, electrification took place in 1962, with services beginning on 18 June. Goods services were withdrawn on 9 September 1963. A set of refuge sidings were retained, which closed later.[6]
The station has had a number of names over its lifetime. It was renamed Minster Junction on 1 January 1852, then Minster Junction (Thanet) on 1 August 1901, Minster (Thanet) on 7 May 1945, and reverting to Minster around 1971.[1]
Services
As of December 2019 the current typical off peak services from this station are:
- 1 train per hour to London Charing Cross via Ashford International
- 1 train per hour to Ramsgate.
A small number of Kent Coast Line peak services run Ramsgate-Minster-Sandwich-Deal (mornings) or the reverse (evenings).[7]
Preceding station | Following station | |||
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Sturry | Southeastern Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line |
Ramsgate | ||
Sandwich | Southeastern Kent Coast Line Restricted service |
Ramsgate | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Grove Ferry and Upstreet | Southern Railway Kent Coast line |
Richborough Castle Halt | ||
Grove Ferry and Upstreet | British Rail Southern Region Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line |
Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt |
References
Citations
- Butt 1995, p. 161.
- "Minster". National Rail. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- "Opening of the Minster and Deal Railway". London Evening Standard. England. 1 July 1847. Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 53.
- Gray 1990, p. 252.
- McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, pp. 53,128.
- "Southeastern December 2019: London - Ashford, Folkestone, Dover and Margate" (PDF). Southeastern. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Gray, Adrian (1990). South Eastern Railway. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-85-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David (2007). Railways of Britain : Kent and Sussex. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3222-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)