Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station

Chestfield and Swalecliffe
Chestfield and Swalecliffe
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*
2014/15	0.125 million
2015/16	0.125 million
2016/17	0.122 million
2017/18	0.138 million
2018/19	0.129 million
History
Key dates	Opened 6 July 1930[1]
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chestfield and Swalecliffe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.;

Chestfield and Swalecliffe railway station is on the Ramsgate branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the villages of Chestfield and Swalecliffe, Kent. It is 60 miles 45 chains (97.5 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Whitstable and Herne Bay.

The station and all trains that call 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

The typical off-peak service from the station is

1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South (Main Line)
1 tph to Ramsgate via Margate (Main Line)

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

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References

Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station on Kentrail - David Glasspool - Accessed 2 September 2007

External links

Train times and station information for Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Whitstable		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch		Herne Bay

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[kentrail-1] Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station on Kentrail - David Glasspool - Accessed 2 September 2007