Chartham railway station

Railway station in Kent, England

Not to be confused with Chatham railway station.

Chartham

General information
Location| Chartham, Canterbury
England
Grid reference| TR107552
Managed by| Southeastern
Platforms| 2
Other information
Station code| CRT
Classification| DfT category F2
History
Opened| September 1850
Passengers
2019/20|  79,206
2020/21|  21,736
2021/22|  64,192
2022/23|  79,814
2023/24|  86,902

Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Chartham railway station is in Chartham, Kent, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.

## Facilities

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The station is to the north of Chartham village and south of the A28 road which runs parallel from Ashford to Canterbury. It is unstaffed, but has electronic indicator boards and a ticket machine. There are two platforms, connected by a footbridge. A level crossing at the south end of the station, by the signal box, was formerly manually operated but was replaced with automated crossing gates in December 2022.[1][2][3]

## History

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The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway (SER) in September 1850, some time after the line from Ashford to Canterbury was completed.[4][a] In common with several other stations on the line, there was a level crossing as the SER did not believe the line would attract sufficient traffic for bridges.[7]

Goods services were withdrawn from the station on 19 November 1962.[6]

## Incidents

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At around 06:45 on 9 October 1894, a wagon of hop-pickers on their way to work at Horton Chapel Farm was struck by the delayed 04:15 down Ashford to Canterbury West goods train. Canterbury West goods train. Five hop-pickers were killed instantly, with a further two dying from their injuries later. The investigation found that the wagon driver had left the opening of the gates to children in poor visibility, and had failed to stop before crossing. The train crew whistled at least three times while approaching the crossing. The inspecting officer, Charles Scrope Hutchinson, criticised the South Eastern Railway for the excessively long rostered hours of the train crew.[8] Ultimately, blame was assigned to the wagon driver and the SER was exonerated.[9]

## Services

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View westward, towards Ashford in 1984

All services at Chartham are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[10]

* 1 tph to London Charing Cross via Tonbridge
* 1 tph to Ramsgate

Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street and London St Pancras International call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

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Chilham

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Ashford to Ramsgate Line

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Canterbury West

## References

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Notes

1. ^ Other sources give the opening date for the station as 1859.[5][6]

Citations

1. ^ Castle, Liane (3 January 2023). "Villagers welcome new automated level crossings in Wye and Chartham as traffic reduced". Kent Online. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
2. ^ "Chartham". Network Rail. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
3. ^ "Chartham Level Crossing". The ABC railway Guide. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
4. ^ Gray 1990, p. 248.
5. ^ Butt 1995, p. 58.
6. ^ a b McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 122.
7. ^ Gray 1990, p. 244.
8. ^ Hutchinson, Charles Scrope (29 October 1894). Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Chartham on 9th October 1894. Board of Trade (Report). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
9. ^ Gray 1990, p. 251.
10. ^ Table 197, 207 National Rail timetable, December 2022

Sources

* Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
* Gray, Adrian (1990). South Eastern Railway. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-85-7.
* McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David (2007). Railway of Britain : Kent and Sussex. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-3222-4.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chartham railway station.

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Railway stations in Kent

London Charing Cross to Gillingham|

* Dartford
* Stone Crossing
* Greenhithe
* Swanscombe
* Northfleet
* Gravesend
* Higham
* Strood
* Rochester
* Chatham
* Gillingham

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

London Victoria to Ramsgate
via Chatham|

* Swanley
* Farningham Road
* Longfield
* Meopham
* Sole Street
* Rochester
* Chatham
* Gillingham
* Rainham
* Newington
* Sittingbourne
* Teynham
* Faversham
* Whitstable
* Chestfield & Swalecliffe
* Herne Bay
* Birchington-on-Sea
* Westgate-on-Sea
* Margate
* Broadstairs
* Dumpton Park
* Ramsgate

London Victoria to Dover
via Chatham|

* Swanley
* Farningham Road
* Longfield
* Meopham
* Sole Street
* Rochester
* Chatham
* Gillingham
* Rainham
* Newington
* Sittingbourne
* Teynham
* Faversham
* Selling
* Canterbury East
* Bekesbourne
* Adisham
* Aylesham
* Snowdown
* Shepherds Well
* Kearsney
* Dover Priory

London Victoria to Ashford
via Maidstone East|

* Eynsford
* Shoreham
* Otford
* branch line to Sevenoaks via Bat & Ball
* Kemsing
* Borough Green & Wrotham
* West Malling
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* Barming
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* Bearsted
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* Harrietsham
* Lenham
* Charing
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London St Pancras to Paris & Brussels
High Speed 1|

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

London Charing Cross to Dover
via Tonbridge|

* Dunton Green
* Sevenoaks
* Hildenborough
* Tonbridge
* Paddock Wood
* Marden
* Staplehurst
* Headcorn
* Pluckley
* Ashford International
* Westenhanger
* Sandling
* Folkestone West
* Folkestone Central
* Dover Priory

London Charing Cross to Hastings|

* Dunton Green
* Sevenoaks
* Hildenborough
* Tonbridge
* High Brooms
* Tunbridge Wells

London Bridge to Uckfield|

* Edenbridge Town
* Hever
* Cowden
* Ashurst

Ashford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury West|

* Ashford International
* Wye
* Chilham
* Chartham
* Canterbury West
* Sturry
* Minster
* Thanet Parkway
* Ramsgate

Dover to Margate|

* Dover Priory
* Martin Mill
* Walmer
* Deal
* Sandwich
* Thanet Parkway
* Ramsgate
* Dumpton Park
* Broadstairs
* Margate

Redhill–Tonbridge|

* Edenbridge
* Penshurst
* Leigh
* Tonbridge

Sittingbourne to Sheerness-on-Sea|

* Sheerness-on-Sea
* Queenborough
* Swale
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* Sittingbourne

Ashford to St Leonards
Marshlink|

* Ashford International
* Ham Street
* Appledore

Strood to Paddock Wood
Medway Valley Line|

* Strood
* Cuxton
* Halling
* Snodland
* New Hythe
* Aylesford
* Maidstone Barracks
* Maidstone West
* East Farleigh
* Wateringbury
* Yalding
* Beltring
* Paddock Wood

Heritage railways

East Kent Railway|

* Shepherdswell (EKR) (Adjacent to Shepherds Well)
* Eythorne

Kent & East Sussex Railway|

* Tenterden Town
* Rolvenden
* Wittersham Road

Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway|

* Hythe
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* Dymchurch
* St Mary's Bay
* Warren Halt
* New Romney
* Romney Sands
* Dungeness

Spa Valley Railway|

* Tunbridge Wells West

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Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southeastern routes serving this station

Main line 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.

* Govia
* National Rail
* Thameslink
* Great Northern
* Southeastern
* Southern
* Gatwick Express

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