Sandling railway station

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Sandling

Location
Place	Sandling
Local authority	Shepway
Grid reference	TR148368
Operations
Station code	SDG
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	131,026
2005/06	133,426
2006/07	148,687
2007/08	163,416
2008/09	151,376
2009/10	121,758
2010/11	106,446
History
Opened 1 January 1888 (1 January 1888)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sandling from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Full platforms: on 7 May 1994 Sandling was the starting point for excursions trips into the Channel Tunnel in Class 319 EMUs

Sandling railway station serves Sandling in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern. The station is also 4 ¹⁄₂ miles (7.2 km) west of Folkestone Central on the South Eastern Main Line. It is the closest station to the town of Hythe.

The ticket office is manned only during part of the day; at other times a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, located outside the station building on the 'up' side, suffices.

It is the closest station to Saltwood Castle (where Alan Clark lived until his death) and it is frequently mentioned in the Alan Clark Diaries. In 1960, the station was allocated a camping coach converted from a Pullman car, which was fitted with a full kitchen, two sleeping compartments and a room with two single beds.^[1]

Originally it opened as Sandling Junction and had four platforms. The up branch platform was closed when the line to Sandgate was cut back to Hythe and the branch line singled in 1931. When line to Hythe was closed in 1951 the down branch platform was closed. Subsequently the station was renamed Sandling for Hythe. In 2010 the disused branch platform is still in situ.

Services

As of December 2010 the typical off peak services from this station are:

2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross
1tph to Dover Priory
1tph to Ramsgate via Dover^[2]

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Westenhanger		Southeastern South Eastern Main Line	Folkestone West
	Disused railways
Westenhanger		British Rail Southern Region Sandgate Branch	Hythe

References

↑ "Pullman Cars as Camping Coaches". Railway Magazine 107 (711): 449–450. July 1960.
↑ Network Rail Timetable December 2010: Table 207

External links

Train times and station information for Sandling railway station from National Rail

Railway stations in Kent

London Charing Cross to Gillingham:

Other alternative routes from London to Dartford via Sidcup and via Bexleyheath.

London Victoria to Ramsgate
via Chatham:

London Victoria to Dover
via Chatham:

London Victoria to Ashford
via Maidstone East:

Eynsford
Shoreham
Otford
branch line to Sevenoaks via Bat and Ball
Kemsing
Borough Green and Wrotham
West Malling
East Malling
Barming
Maidstone East
Bearsted
Hollingbourne
Harrietsham
Lenham
Charing
Ashford International

London St Pancras to Paris and Brussels:
High Speed 1

Ebbsfleet International
Ashford International
Also London to Faversham via Ebbsfleet and Chatham, and to Dover and Ramsgate via Ashford

London Charing Cross to Dover
via Tonbridge:

London Charing Cross to Hastings:

London Bridge to Uckfield:

Ashford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury West:

Dover to Margate:

Redhill to Tonbridge:

Sittingbourne to Sheerness-on-Sea:

Ashford to St Leonards:
Marshlink

Strood to Paddock Wood
Medway Valley Line:

Heritage Railways

East Kent Railway

Shepherdswell (EKR) (Adjacent to Shepherds Well)
Eythorne

Kent and East Sussex Railway:

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway:

Spa Valley Railway:

Tunbridge Wells West

First Capital Connect, Southern and Southeastern routes

First Capital Connect routes serving this station

None

Southern routes serving this station

None

Southeastern routes serving this station

Mainline via Staplehurst	London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street London Bridge Sevenoaks Tonbridge Paddock Wood Marden Staplehurst Headcorn Pluckley Ashford International Wye Chilham Chartham Canterbury West Sturry Minster Westenhanger Sandling Folkestone West Folkestone Central Dover Priory Martin Mill Walmer Deal Sandwich Ramsgate

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

First Group - Govia - National Rail - First Capital Connect - Southeastern - Southern - Gatwick Express - South West Trains

Coordinates: 51°05′24″N 1°03′58″E / 51.090°N 1.066°E / 51.090; 1.066

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