Bekesbourne railway station

Bekesbourne
Bekesbourne
Location
Place	Bekesbourne
Local authority	City of Canterbury
Grid reference	TR189560
Operations
Station code	BKS
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	29,780
2015/16	28,550
2016/17	26,288
2017/18	31,576
2018/19	25,546
History
Key dates	Opened 22 July 1861
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bekesbourne from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Bekesbourne railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the villages of Bekesbourne and Patrixbourne, Kent. It is 64 miles 58 chains (104.2 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Canterbury East and Adisham.

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern. It is unstaffed.

The station and the line it serves were built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway and opened on 22 July 1861. The platforms are linked by a footbridge. The country-bound platform is accessible by public footpath. Nearby is a viaduct over the Nailbourne Stream, a tributary of the River Stour.

The station in 1963

Services

Off-peak, the station sees one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.

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External links

Train times and station information for Bekesbourne railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Canterbury East		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch		Adisham

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