Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station

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.

Chestfield and Swalecliffe
LocationSwalecliffe, City of Canterbury
England
Grid referenceTR136668
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCSW
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened6 July 1930[1]
Passengers
2015/16 0.125 million
2016/17 0.122 million
2017/18 0.138 million
2018/19 0.129 million
2019/20 0.129 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

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]

Services
View from the road in 1985 before the by-pass was built.

Off-peak, all services at Chestfield & Swalecliffe are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

A number of Southeastern High Speed services to London St Pancras International also call here during the peak hours. These services are operated using Class 395 EMUs.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Southeastern

References
  1. Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station on Kentrail - David Glasspool - Accessed 2 September 2007
  2. "Timetable 2: London to Medway Towns, Dover and Ramsgate" (PDF). Southeastern, September 2020.

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