Martin Mill railway station

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Martin Mill

Location

Place

Martin Mill

Local authority

Dover

Operations

Station code

MTM

Managed by

Southeastern

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

32,990

2005/06 *

33,521

History

Key dates

Opened 17 June 1881

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Martin Mill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Martin Mill railway station serves Martin Mill in Kent. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

1 Service
2 History
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Service

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 Dover Priory and Sevenoaks.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dover Priory		Southeastern Kent Coast Line		Walmer

[edit] History

Martin Mill also served as an important station during the Second World War. Southbound from the platform was a spur which led down to Dover before suddenly turning back on itself. The spur ran along the cliff edge and served the many gun batteries along the white cliffs between Dover and St Margarets. Along this track ran two track-mounted 14 inch guns/cannons nicknamed Winnie (after Winston Churchill) and Pooh (after the fictional bear). During the war they fired into France at German targets, but accuracy was a problem and more damage was done to local property than their actual targets.^[1]