Herne Bay railway station

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Herne Bay
Location
Place Herne Bay
Local authority City of Canterbury
Operations
Station code HNB
Managed by Southeastern
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.699 million
2005/06 * 0.736 million
History
Key dates Opened 13 July 1861
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Herne Bay from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Herne Bay is a railway station on the Chatham Main Line in North Kent serving the town of Herne Bay. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

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[edit] History

Constructed by the Herne Bay and Faversham Railway Company, the station originally opened as "Herne Bay and Hampton-on-Sea" as the terminus of a line from Faversham which was eventually extended to Ramsgate on 5 October 1863. The line was worked by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway which acquired the Herne Bay Company in 1871.[1]

The buildings on the Down platform are all that remain of the original station building, as the Up side was reconstructed by the Southern Railway in 1926 as part of its plan to modernise the Thanet Lines. Goods facilities at the station were limited, consisting of two sidings on the Down side, a goods shed and two loading docks. In 1902 coal sidings were added to the Up side, followed by a private siding to the local gasworks. Electrification took place on 15 June 1959 and the old semaphore signals were replaced by colour-lights. General goods traffic ceased on 16 October 1965, with coal deliveries continuing until 1968.[2]

[edit] Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to London Victoria via the Medway Towns and Bromley South, and two trains per hour to Ramsgate via Margate.

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Chestfield & Swalecliffe   Southeastern
Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch
  Birchington-on-Sea
Whitstable   Southeastern
High Speed 1
London-Broadstairs
(not yet operational)
  Birchington-on-Sea

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Herne Bay on Kent Rail
  2. ^ Pryer, G.A.; Bowring, G.J. (1980). An Historical Survey of Selected Southern Stations: Volume One. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company, p. 75. ISBN 0860930165. 

Coordinates: 51°21′52.18″N, 1°7′4.14″E