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General information | |||||
Location | Swalecliffe, City of Canterbury England | ||||
Grid reference | TR136668 | ||||
Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | CSW | ||||
Classification | DfT categoryE | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 6 July 1930[1] | ||||
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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.
The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.[citation needed]
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]
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.
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London Charing Cross to Gillingham |
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London Victoria to Dover via Chatham |
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London Victoria to Ashford via Maidstone East |
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London St Pancras to Paris & Brussels High Speed 1 |
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London Charing Cross to Dover via Tonbridge |
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London Charing Cross to Hastings |
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London Bridge to Uckfield |
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Ashford to Ramsgate via Canterbury West |
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Dover to Margate |
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Redhill–Tonbridge |
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Sittingbourne to Sheerness-on-Sea |
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Ashford to St Leonards Marshlink |
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Strood to Paddock Wood Medway Valley Line |
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East Kent Railway |
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Kent & East Sussex Railway |
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Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway |
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Spa Valley Railway |
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Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only. | |
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51°21′36.81″N 1°4′0.70″E / 51.3602250°N 1.0668611°E / 51.3602250; 1.0668611