Canterbury East railway station

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12 mile (0.8 km) to the south of Canterbury’s other station, Canterbury West. Both stations are located due west of Canterbury’s city centre; in fact, despite their names, the two stations lie on the same line of longitude.

History

The station and its line were built by the London, Chatham & 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]

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. A footbridge and lifts were opened in 2021. [6] There is also a connection to local buses including buses to Faversham, London Road Estate, Ashford and to Whitstable, Herne Bay and The University of Kent. A footbridge from the station crosses the city's ring road allowing easy, step-free, access into the city centre via the path along the top of the restored city wall.

Services

All services at Canterbury East are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [7]

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

Canterbury East
National Rail logo.svg
Canterbury East railway station building.JPG
Station building
General information
Location Canterbury, City of Canterbury
England
Grid reference TR146572
Managed by Southeastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCBE
Classification DfT category C1
History
Opened9 July 1860
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 1.144 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 16,163
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Southeastern

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  4. McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 122.
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