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.

Not to be confused with Minster, Swale.

Minster
Location
PlaceMinster-in-Thanet
Local authorityThanet
Grid referenceTR311641
Operations
Station codeMSR
Managed bySoutheastern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 60,464
– Interchange  2,714
2015/16 61,952
– Interchange  1,890
2016/17 66,796
– Interchange  2,517
2017/18 75,968
– Interchange  3,111
2018/19 78,422
– Interchange  2,719
History
13 April 1846[1]Opened as Minster
1 January 1852Renamed Minster Junction
1 August 1901Renamed Minster Junction (Thanet)
7 May 1945Renamed Minster (Thanet)
1952Renamed Minster (Thanet), Junction for Sandwich, Deal and Walmer
1971Renamed Minster
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Minster from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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 Goods services were withdrawn on 9 September 1963.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:

A small number of Kent Coast Line peak services run Ramsgate-Minster-Sandwich-Deal (mornings) or the reverse (evenings).[7]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
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

  1. Butt 1995, p. 161.
  2. "Minster". National Rail. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. "Opening of the Minster and Deal Railway". London Evening Standard. England. 1 July 1847. Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 53.
  5. Gray 1990, p. 252.
  6. McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, pp. 53,128.
  7. "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)

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