| Dover Priory | |
|---|---|
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| Dover Priory railway station, looking north | |
| Location | |
| Place | Dover |
| Local authority | Dover |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DVP |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Platforms in use | 3 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.902 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.861 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.923 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.960 million |
| History | |
| Opened 22 July 1861 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| 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 Dover Priory from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Dover Priory railway station is the main station in Dover in Kent, with the other station being Kearsney situated on the outskirts of Dover. (see this list for the others). All train services are provided by Southeastern. It is located in the southeastern corner of the UK rail network.
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Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 1tph (trains per hour) to London St Pancras
- 2tph to London Charing Cross via Sevenoaks
- 2tph to London Victoria via Canterbury East and Chatham
- 1tph to Ramsgate via Deal
London St Pancras can be reached in 69 minutes,[1] compared with the off-peak service from London Charing Cross which at the beginning of 2009 took 91 minutes.[2] Special dispensation had to be sought to allow the service to reach Dover as the tunnels to the south are too narrow for emergency exits for rolling stock without end doors [3].
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkestone Central | Southeastern South Eastern Main Line |
Terminus | ||
| Folkestone Central | Southeastern Kent Coast Line |
Martin Mill | ||
| Kearsney | Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Terminus | ||
| Folkestone Central | Southeastern High Speed 1 London-Dover |
Terminus | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Kearsney | British Rail Southern Region Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Dover Marine | ||
| British Rail Southern Region Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
Dover Harbour | |||
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[5]. 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)[6]. Southern consolidated passenger services at Priory in 1927 and modernised the station in 1932[7]. 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[8]. The line up to Ramsgate, via Deal was subsequently electrified under stage two of Kent Coast electrification in January 1961[9]. The line from Folkestone into Priory was electrified in June 1961[10].
See also
References
- ^ "Southeastern: Highspeed timetable (December 2009)". http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/app/webroot/files/cache/Timetable%20HS%20December%202009%20%203.pdf. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ^ Train times 8 [14 December 2008 to 16 May 2009] (11:53 CX arrived 13:24) Southeastern
- ^ BBC News "Dover gets high-speed CTRL trains" - Accessed 14 July 2006
- ^ "Dover Priory Station". Dover - Lock and Key of the Kingdom. 2007. http://www.dover-kent.co.uk/transport/priory_station.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- ^ "Dover Priory Station". Dover - Lock and Key of the Kingdom. 2007. http://www.dover-kent.co.uk/transport/priory_station.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- ^ "Dover Priory Station". Dover - Lock and Key of the Kingdom. 2007. http://www.dover-kent.co.uk/transport/priory_station.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- ^ David Glasspool (2007). "Dover Priory". Kent Rail. http://www.kentrail.co.uk/Dover%20Priory.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- ^ "Electric Railways". 'Stendec Systems'. 2007. http://www.electric-railways.co.uk/L2_DC_750_CR/1_general/g3_proj/prj-0d75-sr.html. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- ^ "Electric Railways". 'Stendec Systems'. 2007. http://www.electric-railways.co.uk/L2_DC_750_CR/1_general/g3_proj/prj-0d75-sr.html. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- ^ "Electric Railways". 'Stendec Systems'. 2007. http://www.electric-railways.co.uk/L2_DC_750_CR/1_general/g3_proj/prj-0d75-sr.html. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
External links
- Train times and station information for Dover Priory railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 51°7′34.16″N 1°18′18.43″E / 51.1261556°N 1.3051194°E
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