Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station

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General information
Location	City of Canterbury
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CSW
History
Opened	6 July 1930

Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station, is a UK railway station on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, and serves Chestfield and Swalecliffe, villages which are now part of the built-up area between Whitstable and Herne Bay. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

The station was originally opened as "Swalecliffe Halt" on 6 July 1930 by Southern Railway. It was latter renamed "Chestfield & Swalecliffe Halt", shortened to Chestfield in 1987 and reverted to "Chestfield & Swalecliffe" in 1989. Although the railway station itself actually lies in the village of Swalecliffe, nearby Chestfield is substantially the bigger village.

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.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South (Main Line)
• 1 tph to Ramsgate via Margate (Main Line)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Whitstable		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch		Herne Bay

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

External links

• Train times and station information for Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station from National Rail