Dover Priory railway station
Dover Priory  | |
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Dover Priory railway station, looking north | |
| Location | |
| Place | Dover |
| Local authority | District of Dover |
| Grid reference | TR313415 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DVP |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.902 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.861 million |
| 2006/07 |
 0.923 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.960 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.975 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.834 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.934 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.915 million |
| - Interchange | 0.195 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.905 million |
| - Interchange |
0.177 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 22 July 1861 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dover Priory from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Dover Priory railway station is the main station in Dover in Kent, England, with the other currently open station being Kearsney situated on the outskirts of Dover. (See this list for the other now-closed stations). All train services are provided by Southeastern. It is located in the south-east corner of the UK rail network and is the southern terminal of the South Eastern Main Line.
Services
As of December 2011 the typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 1tph (trains per hour) to London St Pancras[1]
- 2tph to London Charing Cross via Sevenoaks[1]
- 2tph to London Victoria via Canterbury East and Chatham[2]
- 1tph to Ramsgate via Deal[1]
As of January 2015 the off peak service will be:
- 1tph (trains per hour) to London St Pancras via Ashford International[1]
- 1tph to London Charing Cross via Sevenoaks[1]
- 2tph to London Victoria via Canterbury East and Chatham[2]
- 1tph to St Pancras International via Ramsgate and Chatham
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Folkestone Central | Southeastern High Speed 1 London-Sandwich |
Terminus | ||
| Deal (Peak only) | ||||
| Folkestone Central | Southeastern South Eastern Main Line |
Terminus | ||
| Folkestone Central | Southeastern Kent Coast Line |
Martin Mill | ||
| Terminus | Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Kearsney | ||
| Canterbury East | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Kearsney Line and station open |
British Rail Southern Region Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Dover Marine Line and station closed | ||
| British Rail Southern Region Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Dover Harbour Line open, station closed | |||
There is a bus link to the Eastern Docks of the Port of Dover for the ferry to Calais in France.[3]
History
Dover Priory opened on 22 July 1861.[4] as the temporary terminus of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR). It became a through station on 1 November 1861, with the completion of a tunnel though the Western Heights to gain access to the Western Docks area, where LCDR created Dover Harbour station[4] Initially the station was known as Dover Town but was renamed in July 1863 (leading to rival SER to adopt the name for one of its Dover stations).[4] Southern consolidated passenger services at Priory in 1927 and modernised the station in 1932.[5] The Chatham Main Line into Priory was electrified in 1959 as part of Stage 1 of Kent Coast Electrification, under the BR 1955 Modernisation Plan.[6] The line up to Ramsgate, via Deal was subsequently electrified under stage two of Kent Coast electrification in January 1961.[6] The line from Folkestone into Priory was electrified in June 1961.[6] The high-speed service to London St Pancras started in 2009.[7] Special dispensation had to be sought to allow the service reach Dover as tunnels to the south are too narrow for emergency exits for rolling stock without end doors.
Murder
In 1868 stationmaster Edward Walsh(e) was murdered by 18-year old Thomas Wells, a porter for the LCDR,[8] after having rebuked him for poor work. Wells was convicted and hanged.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Table 207 National Rail timetable, December 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Table 212 National Rail timetable, December 2011
- ↑ http://seat61.com/London-Paris-ferry.htm
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Dover Priory Station". Dover - Lock and Key of the Kingdom. 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- ↑ David Glasspool (2007). "Dover Priory". Kent Rail. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Electric Railways". 'Stendec Systems'. 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- ↑ "Dover gets high-speed CTRL trains". BBC News. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2006.
- ↑ Charles Hindley (1871). Curiosities of street literature, comprising "cocks," or "catch pennies": a large and curious assortment of street-drolleries, squibs, histories, comic tales in prose and verse, broadsides on the royal family, political litanies, dialogues, catechisms, acts of Parliament, street political papers ... Reeves and Turner. p. 239.
- ↑ Steve Fielding (1994). Hangman's Record 1868-1899 1. Chancery House. p. 2. ISBN 0-900246-65-0.
External links
- Train times and station information for Dover Priory railway station from National Rail
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Coordinates: 51°7′34.16″N 1°18′18.43″E / 51.1261556°N 1.3051194°E