Place Sandwich Station code SDW DfT category E Opened 1926 | Grid reference TR332576 Managed by Southeastern 2011/12 0.359 million Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Sandwich CT13 9RA, United Kingdom Similar Leigh railway station, Burmarsh Road railway st, Minster railway station, Birchington‑on‑Sea railway station, Kemsley railway station | ||
Sandwich railway station
Sandwich railway station serves Sandwich in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. The station is 8 1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) south of Ramsgate on the Kent Coast Line.
Contents
The station lost its last dedicated stationmaster (Mr Newton) in the mid-1960s. There was formerly quite an extensive goods yard adjoining the station but by the 1960s this had become disused and is now completely built over by a small housing estate.
Until 1967 a service operated between Sandwich and Birkenhead Woodside via Ashford, Redhill, Reading, Oxford, Birmingham Snow Hill and Shrewsbury. The stock was provided on alternate days by successors to the Southern Railway and the Great Western being the Southern Region and the Western Region under British Rail. At Ashford a portion from Margate was attached/detached, likewise a Brighton portion at Redhill.
Services
As of December 2011 the typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ramsgate and one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Folkestone Central and Sevenoaks, increased to half-hourly during peak hours. Also there are three services daily to London St Pancras via Dover and High Speed 1, taking approximately 90 minutes. There are two return services from St Pancras each evening.