Westenhanger railway station

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Westenhanger

Location
Place	Westenhanger
Local authority	Shepway
Grid reference	TR128372
Operations
Station code	WHA
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	23,731
2005/06	29,754
2006/07	42,240
2007/08	60,110
2008/09	62,840
2009/10	55,420
2010/11	60,722
History
Opened 7 February 1844 (7 February 1844)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Westenhanger from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Westenhanger railway station serves Westenhanger in Kent, England. The station is on the South Eastern Main Line 64 ¹⁄₄ miles (103.4 km) south east of London Charing Cross. All trains serving Westenhanger are operated by Southeastern. It serves Folkestone Racecourse and the village of Stanford.

British Rail proposed the closure of the station as from 3 February 1969.^[1] Objections were made which were considered by a Transport Users' Consultative Committee, after which the Minister of Transport decided against closure.^[1]

The station is un-manned; a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine is located on the 'up' platform. The one-time station building, on the 'up' side, was restored in March 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Westenhanger (Folkestone) Racecourse station

There was a station about 250 metres west of Westenhanger station which was built to serve the adjacent Folkestone Racecourse. It was only used on race days. It closed in the 1960s. As at January 2012 there are substantial remains of the two platforms.^[2]

Service

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^[3]

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Ashford International		Southeastern South Eastern Main Line	Sandling
	Disused railways
Smeeth		British Rail Southern Region South Eastern Main Line	Sandling for Hythe

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Minehead and Westenhanger closures postponed". Railway Magazine 115 (814): 111. February 1969.
↑ Private and Untimetabled Railway stations by G. Croughton
↑ Network Rail Timetable December 2010: Table 207

External links

Train times and station information for Westenhanger 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.

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Coordinates: 51°05′42″N 1°02′17″E / 51.095°N 1.038°E / 51.095; 1.038

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