Chartham railway station

Chartham railway station is in Chartham, Kent, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.

Not to be confused with Chatham railway station.

Chartham
LocationChartham, Canterbury
England
Grid referenceTR107552
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCRT
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
OpenedSeptember 1850
Passengers
2015/16 62,180
2016/17 61,764
2017/18 70,058
2018/19 73,888
2019/20 79,206
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 unmanned, but has electronic indicator boards and a ticket machine. There are two platforms, connected by a footbridge. A manually operated level crossing is at the south end of the station, by the signal box.[1][2]

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.[3][lower-alpha 1] 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.[6]

Goods services were withdrawn from the station in 19 November 1962.[5]

Incidents

At around 06:45 on 9 October 1894, a waggon of hop-pickers on their way to work at Horton Chapel Farm was struck by the delayed 04:15 down Ashford to Canterbury West 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 waggon 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.[7] Ultimately, blame was assigned to the waggon driver and the SER was exonerated.[8]

Services
View westward, towards Ashford in 1984

As of December 2019, the off peak service at the station in trains per hour is:[9]

During the peak hours, the service is strengthened with additional services between London Charing Cross and Ramsgate calling at the station.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Southeastern

References

Notes

  1. Other sources give the opening date for the station as 1859.[4][5]

Citations

  1. "Chartham". Network Rail. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. "Chartham Level Crossing". The ABC railway Guide. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. Gray 1990, p. 248.
  4. Butt 1995, p. 58.
  5. McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 122.
  6. Gray 1990, p. 244.
  7. Charles Scrope Hutchinson (29 October 1894). Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Chartham on 9th October 1894. Board of Trade (Report). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  8. Gray 1990, p. 251.
  9. "Timetable 3 - Maidstone East Line" (PDF). Southeastern, December 2019.

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). Railway of Britain : Kent and Sussex. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3222-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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