Sandwich railway station

Sandwich
Location
Place	Sandwich
Local authority	Dover
Operations
Station code	SDW
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.255 million
2005/06 *	0.284 million
2006/07 *	0.328 million
2007/08 *	0.348 million
History
Opened 1 July 1846 (1 July 1846)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sandwich from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

A 1945 Ordnance Survey of Sandwich showing the location of the station

Sandwich railway station serves Sandwich in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. The station is 8¼ miles (13 km) south of Ramsgate on the Kent Coast Line.

The station lost its last dedicated stationmaster (Mr Newton) in the mid 1960s. There was formerly quite an extensive goods yard adjoining the station but by the 1960s this had become disused and is now completely built over by a small housing estate.^{[citation needed]}

Until 1967 a service operated between Sandwich and Birkenhead Woodside via Ashford, Redhill, Reading, Oxford, Birmingham Snow Hill and Shrewsbury. The stock was provided on alternate days by successors to the Southern Railway and the Great Western. At Ashford a portion from Margate was attached/detached, likewise a Brighton portion at Redhill.

Services

As of December 2011 the typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ramsgate and one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Folkestone Central and Sevenoaks, increased to half-hourly during peak hours. Also there three services daily to London St Pancras via Dover and High Speed 1, taking approximately 80 minutes. There are two return services from St Pancras each evening.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Deal		Southeastern Kent Coast Line		Ramsgate
		Southeastern Kent Coast Line Restricted Service		Minster
		Southeastern High Speed 1 London-Sandwich (Peak only)		Terminus

External links

• Train times and station information for Sandwich railway station from National Rail