Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station
| General information | |||||
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| Location | Swalecliffe, City of Canterbury England | ||||
| Grid reference | TR136668 | ||||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | CSW | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 6 July 1930 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 | 29,322 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 71,064 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 80,432 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 93,938 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.108 million | ||||
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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.
The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
It was originally opened as "Swalecliffe Halt" on 6 July 1930 by Southern Railway. 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.
The platforms are built of rails and sleepers. There are waiting shelters on both platforms. The "down" ticket office was burnt down by vandals in 1989 and the closed "up" ticket office is still in situ. There is one ticket vending machine.