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Southeastern (train operating company)>Southeastern| platforms = 2| code = CBEUnited Kingdom railway station categories>DfT category C1| opened = 9 July 1860| mpassengers ={{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{increase}} 1.144 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 16,163}}{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 1.097 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 15,740}}{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.280 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 6,273}}{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.771 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 8,680}}{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.936 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 9,490}}| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road}}Canterbury East railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and is one of two stations serving the city of Canterbury, Kent.The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

Location

The station is {{convert|61|mi|65|chain|km}} down the line from {{stn|London Victoria}} (measured via Herne Hill) and is situated between {{rws|Selling}} and {{rws|Bekesbourne}}.BOOK, Yonge, John, Jacobs, Gerald, Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL, 3rd, November 2008, 1994, Trackmaps, Bradford on Avon, 978-0-9549866-4-3, maps 8B, 9B, All serving trains are operated by Southeastern.WEB,www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/more-travel-help/station-information/stations/canterbury-east, Canterbury East, Southeastern, 7 March 2020, The station is approximately {{convert|1/2|mi|sigfig=1}} to the south of Canterbury’s other station, {{rws|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 {{rws|Canterbury West}}.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=53}}{{sfn|McCarthy|McCarthy|2007|p=122}}The framework of the platform canopies were originally installed at the never-opened station at {{rws|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|date=August 2014}} The signal box was given Grade II listed building status in 2013.{{NHLE|num=1413579|access-date=7 March 2020}}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|date=July 2011}}The station has a ticket office, an electronic ticket machine, a cafe and toilets. A footbridge and lifts were opened in 2021.NEWS, Harper, Brad, New footbridge and lifts open at Canterbury East railway station after £4.8 million upgrade,www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/new-4-8m-footbridge-at-railway-station-opens-252940/, 27 April 2022, Kent Online, 26 August 2021, There is also a connection to local buses including buses to Faversham, London Road Estate, Ashford and Triangle Buses to Whitstable and The University of Kent.

Services

All services at Canterbury East are operated by Southeastern using {{brc|375}} EMUs.The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:{{NRtimes|December 2022|212}}

• 1 tph to {{stn|London Victoria}} via {{stnlnk|Chatham|Medway}}
• 1 tph to {{stnlnk|Dover Priory}}

Additional services including trains to and from {{stn|London Bridge}} and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.{{rail start}}}}

References

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Bibliography

• {{butt-stations}}
• BOOK, McCarthy, Colin, McCarthy, David, Railway of Britain : Kent and Sussex, Ian Allan Publishing, 2007, 978-0-7110-3222-4,

External links

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