Folkestone West railway station

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Folkestone West
Location
Place	Folkestone
Local authority	Shepway
Operations
Station code	FKW
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	79,810
2005/06 *	82,527
History
1 November 1863	Opened as "Shorncliffe Camp"
2 July 1926	Renamed (Shorncliffe)
10 September 1962	Renamed (Folkestone West)
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Folkestone West from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Folkestone West railway station is one of three railway stations in Folkestone in Kent. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

The South Eastern Main Line reached Folkestone in 1843, with a station being opened at Folkestone Junction on 18 December 1843. Folkestone West was opened in 1863 as Shorncliffe Camp, initially there were two platform faces either side of double track. In 1881 the station was rebuilt with two platform faces either side of four tracks. Following the opening of the Channel Tunnel and the loss of the boat train traffic, in 1994 the two centre tracks were removed.

From 1887 to 1947 the station served as the southern terminus and interchange for the Elham Valley Railway with services to Canterbury.

[edit] Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Dover Priory and one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Sevenoaks. Venice Simplon Orient Express plan to transfer their services to a new facility at Folkestone West from their current location at Folkestone Harbour.[1]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sandling		Southeastern South Eastern Main Line		Folkestone Central
		Southeastern High Speed 1 London-Folkestone (not yet operational)
Disused Railways
Cheriton Halt		Southern Railway South Eastern Main Line		Folkestone Central
		Southern Railway Elham Valley Line		Terminus

[edit] Gallery

General view, looking west

The building on the Down side is similar to that on the Up side

Platform-side view of the Down side building

Platform-side view of the Up side building

[edit] See also

Other Folkestone mainline railway stations

• Folkestone Central railway station
• Folkestone Harbour railway station
• Folkestone East railway station
• Folkestone Warren Halt railway station
• Cheriton Halt railway station

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Folkestone West railway station from National Rail