Canterbury East railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Template other Canterbury East railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and is one of two stations serving the city of Canterbury, Kent.

The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

Location

The station is down the line from Template:Stn (measured via Herne Hill) and is situated between Template:Rws and Template:Rws. All serving trains are operated by Southeastern.

The station is approximately to the south of Canterbury’s other station, Template:Rws. Both stations are located due west of Canterbury’s city centre; in fact, despite their names, the two stations lie on almost the same line of longitude. .

History

The station and its line were built by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway and opened on 9 July 1860 as Canterbury. To avoid confusion with the older station also called Canterbury, built by the South Eastern Railway, it was renamed to Canterbury East on 1 July 1889 while the SER station was renamed Template:Rws.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

The framework of the platform canopies were originally installed at the never-opened station at Template:Rws.

The semaphore signals at the station were replaced with coloured lights in December 2011. The elevated signal box remains but is no longer in use, with signalling on the line operated from a control room at Gillingham. The signal box was given Grade II listed building status in 2013.

Canterbury East's ticket barriers were removed in early 2011, as they were the only ones of the kind in the country and spare parts were no longer easy to obtain. Work began to install a new gate-line in October 2016. Coventry and Earlsfield are the only other stations to lose their ticket barriers.

The station has a ticket office, an electronic ticket machine, a cafe and toilets. A footbridge and lifts were opened in 2021. There is also a connection to local buses including buses to Faversham, London Road Estate, Ashford and to Whitstable, Herne Bay and The University of Kent. A footbridge from the station crosses the city's ring road allowing easy, step-free, access into the city centre via the path along the top of the restored city wall.

Services

All services at Canterbury East are operated by Southeastern using Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 1 tph to Template:Stn via Chatham
• 1 tph to Dover Priory

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

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Selling		Southeastern Template:Smalldiv		Bekesbourne

Bibliography

• Template:Butt-stations

External links

• Train times and station information for Canterbury East railway station from National Rail