Whitstable railway station

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Whitstable railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°21′27.36″N 1°2′0.55″E / 51.3576000°N 1.0334861°E

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Whitstable

General information

Location

Whitstable, City of Canterbury
England

Grid reference

TR112664

Managed by

Southeastern

Platforms

Other information

Station code

WHI

Classification

DfT category D

History

Original company

London, Chatham and Dover Railway

Pre-grouping

South Eastern and Chatham Railway

Post-grouping

Southern Railway

Key dates

1 August 1860

first station opened

1 January 1915

Resited and present station opened as Whitstable Town and Tankerton

1 February 1936

Renamed Whitstable and Tankerton

1979

Renamed Whitstable

Passengers

2019/20

0.942 million

2020/21

0.251 million

2021/22

0.635 million

2022/23

0.721 million

2023/24

0.768 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Whitstable railway station is on the Ramsgate branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Whitstable, Kent. It is 59 miles 6 chains (95.1 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Faversham and Chestfield & Swalecliffe.

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

History

Whitstable has been served by five different stations on two different routes. The route between Faversham and Whitstable was opened by the Margate Railway on 1 August 1860, and was extended to Herne Bay on 13 July 1861.^[1] The first station on that line to serve Whitstable was in Oxford Street, and had latterly been known as Whitstable Town; it closed after the last train on 31 December 1914.

The following day, a new station was opened 705 yards (645 m) to the east; this was named Whitstable Town & Tankerton. This was renamed Whitstable & Tankerton on 1 February 1936, and Whitstable in 1979.^[2]

Facilities

The station has a ticket office which is staffed throughout the day Monday-Saturday and during Sunday mornings and early afternoons. The station also has a self-service ticket machine for ticket purchases for when the ticket office is closed.

The station has passenger help points located on both platforms as well as toilets and a waiting room which are open when the station is staffed. There is a chargeable car park (operated by Saba Parking) as well as cycle racks located at the entrance to the station. There is also a taxi rank at the station.^[3]^[4]

The station has step-free access available to both platforms from the street although the platforms are linked via a stepped footbridge meaning step-free access is not possible between the platforms.

Bus connections

The station is served by Stagecoach South East route 5 which provides connections to Whitstable town centre, Chestfield and Canterbury.

The Stagecoach operated Triangle service between Canterbury and Herne Bay can be caught from the town centre, which is a short walk from the railway station.^[5]

Services

All services at Whitstable are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 395 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[6]

1 tph to London St Pancras International
1 tph to London Victoria
2 tph to Ramsgate

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Faversham		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch		Chestfield & Swalecliffe
Faversham		Southeastern High Speed 1		Herne Bay

References

^ Dendy Marshall, C.F.; Kidner, R.W. (1963) [1937]. History of the Southern Railway (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 330. ISBN 0-7110-0059-X.
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 249. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ "Whitstable Station Car Parking". Saba Parking, September 2020.
^ "Whitstable Station Information". Southeastern, September 2020.
^ "The Triangle - Bus Times". Stagecoach South East, September 2020.
^ Table 194, 212 National Rail timetable, December 2021

External links

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

Railway stations in Kent

London Charing Cross to Gillingham

Other alternative routes from London to Dartford via Sidcup and via Bexleyheath.

London Victoria to Ramsgate
via Chatham

London Victoria to Dover
via Chatham

London Victoria to Ashford
via Maidstone East

London St Pancras to Paris & Brussels
High Speed 1

Ebbsfleet International
Ashford International
Also London to Faversham via Ebbsfleet & Chatham, and to Dover & Ramsgate via Ashford

London Charing Cross to Dover
via Tonbridge

London Charing Cross to Hastings

London Bridge to Uckfield

Ashford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury West

Dover to Margate

Redhill–Tonbridge

Sittingbourne to Sheerness-on-Sea

Ashford to St Leonards
Marshlink

Strood to Paddock Wood
Medway Valley Line

Heritage railways

East Kent Railway

Shepherdswell (EKR) (Adjacent to Shepherds Well)
Eythorne

Kent & East Sussex Railway

Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway

Spa Valley Railway

Tunbridge Wells West

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southeastern routes serving this station
Mainline via Chatham	London Victoria Denmark Hill Bromley South London Cannon Street London Bridge St Mary Cray Swanley Farningham Road Longfield Meopham Sole Street Rochester Chatham Gillingham Rainham Newington Sittingbourne Teynham Faversham Selling Canterbury East Bekesbourne Adisham Aylesham Snowdown Shepherds Well Kearsney Dover Priory Whitstable Chestfield & Swalecliffe Herne Bay Birchington-on-Sea Westgate-on-Sea Margate Broadstairs Dumpton Park Ramsgate
High Speed 1	St Pancras International Stratford International Ebbsfleet International Gravesend Strood Snodland Maidstone West Rochester Chatham Gillingham Rainham Sittingbourne Faversham Whitstable Herne Bay Birchington-on-Sea Margate Broadstairs Ramsgate Canterbury West Ashford International Folkestone West Folkestone Central Dover Priory Martin Mill Walmer Deal Sandwich

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

51°21′27.36″N 1°2′0.55″E / 51.3576000°N 1.0334861°E / 51.3576000; 1.0334861

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References

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