Dover Priory railway station
Dover Priory | |
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| General information | |
| Location | District of Dover |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | DVP |
| History | |
| Opened | 22 July 1861 |
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Dover Priory railway station is the main station in Dover in Kent, England, with the other open station being Kearsney situated on the outskirts of Dover. (See this list for the other now-closed stations). All train services are provided by Southeastern. It is located in the south-east corner of the UK rail network and is the southern terminus of the South Eastern Main Line.
Services
As of September 2016 the off peak service is:
- 1tph (trains per hour) to London St Pancras via Ashford International
- 1tph to Charing Cross railway station London Charing Cross via Sevenoaks railway station Sevenoaks
- 2tph to London Victoria via Chatham & Bromley South
- 1tph to London St Pancras via Deal
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkestone Central | Southeastern High Speed 1 London-Sandwich |
Terminus | ||
| Martin Mill | ||||
| Folkestone Central | Southeastern South Eastern Main Line |
Terminus | ||
| Folkestone Central | Southeastern Kent Coast Line |
Martin Mill | ||
| Terminus | Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Kearsney | ||
| Canterbury East | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Kearsney Line and station open |
British Rail Southern Region Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Dover Marine Line and station closed | ||
| British Rail Southern Region Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Dover Harbour Line open, station closed | |||
History
Dover Priory opened on 22 July 1861[1] as the temporary terminus of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR). It became a through station on 1 November 1861, with the completion of a tunnel though the Western Heights to gain access to the Western Docks area, where LCDR created Dover Harbour station[1] The station was known as Dover Town but was renamed in July 1863 (leading to rival SER to adopt the name for one of its Dover stations).[1]
In 1868 stationmaster Edward Walsh(e) was murdered by 18-year-old Thomas Wells, a porter for the LCDR,[2] after having rebuked him for poor work. Wells was convicted and hanged.[3]
The Southern Railway consolidated passenger services at Priory in 1927 and modernised the station in 1932.[4] The Chatham Main Line into Priory was electrified in 1959 as part of Stage 1 of Kent Coast Electrification, under the BR 1955 Modernisation Plan.[5] The line up to Ramsgate, via Deal, was subsequently electrified under stage two of Kent Coast electrification in January 1961.[5] The line from Folkestone into Priory was electrified in June 1961.[5]
The high-speed service to London St Pancras started in 2009,[6] after the track in the tunnels to the south was realigned to allow for emergency evacuation from rolling stock without end doors.
Services to and from Folkestone Central were suspended on 24 December 2015 due to major damage to the track and sea wall near Dover harbour caused by strong winds & tidal surges.[7] A replacement bus service was in operation between the two stations, along with a modified timetable whilst repair work was carried out. This was expected to continue throughout 2016, whilst a new £44.5 million viaduct was constructed to replace the present rail embankment & sea wall.[8] The project was scheduled for completion in December 2016, but progressed faster than originally anticipated - the line reopened on 5 September 2016.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Dover Priory Station". Dover - Lock and Key of the Kingdom. 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
- ^ Charles Hindley (1871). Curiosities of street literature, comprising "cocks," or "catch pennies": a large and curious assortment of street-drolleries, squibs, histories, comic tales in prose and verse, broadsides on the royal family, political litanies, dialogues, catechisms, acts of Parliament, street political papers ... Reeves and Turner. p. 239.
- ^ Steve Fielding (1994). Hangman's Record 1868-1899. Vol. 1. Chancery House. p. 2. ISBN 0-900246-65-0.
- ^ David Glasspool (2007). "Dover Priory". Kent Rail. Retrieved 29 March 2007.
- ^ a b c "Electric Railways". 'Stendec Systems'. 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
- ^ "Dover gets high-speed CTRL trains". BBC News. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2006.
- ^ "Railway between Dover Priory and Folkestone Central closed after damage to sea wall"Network Rail Media Centre 27 December 2015; Retrieved 5 February 2016
- ^ "Dover to Folkestone railway expected to reopen in December"Network Rail press release; Retrieved 8 April 2016
- ^ "Dover to Folkestone railway to reopen on Monday, 5 September, three months ahead of schedule."Network Rail press release 22 August 2016; Retrieved 25 August 2016
External links
Media related to Dover Priory railway station at Wikimedia Commons
