Folkestone West railway station

• London-Paris-Venice
• March to November

Folkestone West
General information
Location	Cheriton, Folkestone & Hythe England
Grid reference	TR209364
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FKW
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1 November 1863	Opened as "Shorncliffe Camp"
2 July 1926	Renamed "Shorncliffe"
10 September 1962	Renamed "Folkestone West"
Passengers
2019/20	0.775 million
Interchange	2,393		Calais-Ville via Eurotunnel Shuttle
	Disused railways
Cheriton Halt		Southern Railway Elham Valley Railway		Terminus

References

1. "Miscellaneous" . Dover Express. England. 31 October 1863. Retrieved 27 June 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Folkestone West at kentrail.co.uk". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
3. Table 194, 207 National Rail timetable, December 2021
4. Railway Herald Issue 127 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Venice Simplon Orient Express Train Timetables". Luxury Trains. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
6. Tapper, James (15 April 2023). "Orient Express to axe UK section after 41 years due to Brexit". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 13 January 2025.

External links

• Train times and station information for Folkestone West railway station from National Rail

51°05′06″N1°09′14″E / 51.085°N 1.154°E / 51.085; 1.154