Chartham railway station
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Facilities
The station is to the north of Chartham village and south of the A28 road which runs parallel from Ashford to Canterbury. It is unstaffed, but has electronic indicator boards and a ticket machine. There are two platforms, connected by a footbridge. A level crossing at the south end of the station, by the signal box, was formerly manually operated but was replaced with automated crossing gates in December 2022.[1][2][3]
History
The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway (SER) in September 1850, some time after the line from Ashford to Canterbury was completed.Template:SfnTemplate:Efn In common with several other stations on the line, there was a level crossing as the SER did not believe the line would attract sufficient traffic for bridges.Template:Sfn
Goods services were withdrawn from the station on 19 November 1962.Template:Sfn
Incidents
At around 06:45 on 9 October 1894, a wagon of hop-pickers on their way to work at Horton Chapel Farm was struck by the delayed 04:15 down Ashford to Template:Rws goods train. Canterbury West goods train. Five hop-pickers were killed instantly, with a further two dying from their injuries later. The investigation found that the wagon driver had left the opening of the gates to children in poor visibility, and had failed to stop before crossing. The train crew whistled at least three times while approaching the crossing. The inspecting officer, Charles Scrope Hutchinson, criticised the South Eastern Railway for the excessively long rostered hours of the train crew.[4] Ultimately, blame was assigned to the wagon driver and the SER was exonerated.Template:Sfn
Services
All services at Chartham are operated by Southeastern using Template:Brc EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]
- 1 tph to London Charing Cross via Tonbridge
- 1 tph to Ramsgate
Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street and London St Pancras International call at the station during the peak hours.
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Southeastern | ||||
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External links
- Train times and station information for Chartham railway station from National Rail
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- City of Canterbury
- Railway stations in Kent
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- 1859 establishments in England