Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station

Chestfield and Swalecliffe railway station is on the Ramsgate branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the villages of Chestfield, Swalecliffe and the Eastern region of the town of Whitstable, Kent. It is 60 miles 45 chains (97.5 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Whitstable and Herne Bay.

Chestfield and Swalecliffe
General information
Location	Swalecliffe, City of Canterbury England
Grid reference	TR136668
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CSW
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	6 July 1930[1]
Passengers
2019/20	0.129 million
2020/21	29,322
2021/22	71,064
2022/23	80,432
2023/24	93,938
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.^{[citation needed]}

It was originally opened as "Swalecliffe Halt" on 6 July 1930 by Southern Railway.^[1] It was later renamed "Chestfield & Swalecliffe Halt", shortened to "Chestfield" in 1987 and reverted to "Chestfield and Swalecliffe" in 1989. Although the railway station itself actually lies in the village of Swalecliffe, nearby Chestfield is substantially the bigger village.^[1]

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.^[1]

Services

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

All services at Chestfield & Swalecliffe are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 395 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[2]

• 1 tph to London Victoria
• 1 tph to Ramsgate

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours. The station is also served by a small number of High Speed services to London St Pancras International.

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