Canterbury East railway station
Canterbury East | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | City of Canterbury |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CBE |
| History | |
| Opened | 9 July 1860 |
Canterbury East railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and is one of two stations serving the city of Canterbury, Kent.
Location
The station is 61 miles 65 chains (99.5 km) down the line from London Victoria (measured via Herne Hill) and is situated between Selling and Bekesbourne.[1] All serving trains are operated by Southeastern.[2]
History
The station and its line were built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway and opened on 9 July 1860 as Canterbury. To avoid confusion with the older station also called Canterbury, built by the South Eastern Railway, it was renamed to Canterbury East on 1 July 1889 while the SER station was renamed Canterbury West.[3][4]
Although called Canterbury East, the station is about 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) due south of Canterbury West station, and only about 20 yards (20 m) to its east.
The framework of the platform canopies were originally installed at the never-opened station at Lullingstone.
The semaphore signals at the station were replaced with coloured lights in December 2011. The elevated signal box remains but is no longer in use, with signalling on the line operated from a control room at Gillingham.[citation needed] The signal box was given Grade II listed building status in 2013.[5]
Canterbury East's ticket barriers were removed in early 2011, as they were the only ones of the kind in the country and spare parts were no longer easy to obtain. Work began to install a new gate-line in October 2016. Coventry and Earlsfield are the only other stations to lose their ticket barriers.[citation needed]
The station has a ticket office, an electronic ticket machine, a cafe and toilets.
Services
The typical Monday to Saturday off-peak service from the station is:
- 2tph (trains per hour) to Dover Priory (of which 1 train calls at all stations and 1 is fast to Dover Priory)
- 2tph to London Victoria via Faversham and Chatham (of which 1 train calls at Selling and 1 is fast to Faversham)
The typical Sunday service from the station is:
- 1tph to Dover Priory calling at all stations
- 2tph to London Victoria via Faversham and Chatham (of which 1 train is fast between Rochester and Bromley South and 1 train calls at all stops between Faversham and St Mary Cray)
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faversham or Selling | Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Bekesbourne or Dover Priory | ||
Gallery
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Canterbury East Signal Box -
View in the direction of trains towards London -
View in the direction of trains towards Dover -
Station platforms in 2012
Fictional references
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Final Problem, a short story in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson hide from Professor Moriarty at a station in Canterbury. The station is unspecified but is likely to have been Canterbury East as Holmes and Watson were making their way to catch a boat on the Continental Express from London Victoria station.
References
Citations
- ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. maps 8B, 9B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "Canterbury East". Southeastern. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 53.
- ^ McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 122.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1413579)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
- McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David (2007). Railway of Britain : Kent and Sussex. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3222-4.
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External links
- Train times and station information for Canterbury East railway station from National Rail