Whitstable railway station

Whitstable
Location
Place	Whitstable
Local authority	City of Canterbury
Operations
Station code	WHI
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.649 million
2005/06 *	0.701 million
2006/07 *	0.774 million
2007/08 *	0.776 million
History
Opened 1 January 1915 (1 January 1915)
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitstable from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Whitstable railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, and serves the town of Whitstable. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

The first station on the line to serve the town was called Whitstable Town and was opened in 1860 and was sited about half mile west of the present station in Oxford Street. It was closed in 1915 when the present station was opened as Whitstable & Tankerton.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to London Victoria via the Medway Towns and Bromley South, and two trains per hour to Ramsgate via Margate.

Since 13 December 2009 this station has been served during peak hours by fast trains travelling over High Speed 1 to London St Pancras.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Faversham		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch		Chestfield & Swalecliffe
Faversham		Southeastern High Speed 1 Peak Hours Only London-Broadstairs		Herne Bay

See also

• Whitstable Harbour railway station

External links

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