Snowdown railway station

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Snowdown

Location
Place	Snowdown
Local authority	Dover
Grid reference	TR245511
Operations
Station code	SWO
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	18,282
2005/06	19,456
2006/07	17,194
2007/08	18,057
2008/09	18,474
2009/10	16,030
2010/11	13,424
History
Opened 1914 (1914)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Snowdown from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Snowdown railway station serves Snowdown in Kent. It is served by Southeastern.

The station and the line it serves were built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, and the station was opened in 1914. It was formerly known as "Snowdown and Nonington Halt" and had sidings that served the adjacent Snowdown colliery.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.

View of main platforms towards Dover Priory
View of Road Bridge and Railway line towards London
View of fairly new stairs to platform 2
View of main platforms towards Dover Priory

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aylesham		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch		Shepherds Well

External links

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Train times and station information for Snowdown 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 Chatham	London Victoria Bromley South London Cannon Street London Bridge St Mary Cray Swanley Farningham Road Longfield Meopham Sole Street Rochester Chatham Gillingham (Kent) Rainham (Kent) Newington Sittingbourne Teynham Faversham Selling Canterbury East Bekesbourne Adisham Aylesham Snowdown Shepherds Well Kearsney Dover Priory Whitstable Chestfield & Swalecliffe Herne Bay Birchington-on-Sea Westgate-on-Sea Margate Broadstairs Dumpton Park 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°12′54″N 1°12′50″E / 51.215°N 1.214°E / 51.215; 1.214

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