Sturry railway station

Sturry railway station is a railway station Kent, England, serving Sturry and Fordwich on the Ashford to Ramsgate line in Kent. It is 2 1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) north east of Canterbury West, and lies either side of a level crossing. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

Sturry
Station platforms, signal box, and level crossing
Location
PlaceSturry
Local authorityCanterbury
Grid referenceTR177603
Operations
Station codeSTU
Managed bySoutheastern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 75,272
2015/16 78,546
2016/17 84,030
2017/18 86,092
2018/19 95,310
History
1 June 1847Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sturry from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Location and facilities

The station is north of Sturry village. It is also the nearest station to the town of Fordwich.[1]

The two platforms are staggered and are either side of the A28 road which passes through a central level crossing. The A291 road to Herne Bay is also near the station.[2] Platform 1 provides services towards Canterbury West, Ashford International and London. Platform 2 provides services towards Ramsgate and Margate. This platform also has a part-time staffed booking office and ticket machines.[3]

History

The station was proposed by the South Eastern Railway on 22 April 1847, and opened on 1 June that year.[4] It was on the line from Canterbury West to Ramsgate, which had opened on 13 April the previous year.[5][6] A booking office was added in 1851.[7]

In 1887, the station was renamed Sturry for Herne Bay. It reverted back to its original name around 1898.[5]

The line through the station was electrified in 1962, with new services starting on 18 June.[6]

Services

As of December 2011 the typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ramsgate and one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Canterbury West.[8]

There is one morning service to London St Pancras International along the HS1 Line operated by a Class 395 Javelin unit. This service departs at 05:13.[9]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Canterbury West   Southeastern
Ashford to Ramsgate
(via Canterbury West) line		   Minster
Disused railways
Canterbury West   British Rail
Southern Region
Ashford to Ramsgate
(via Canterbury West) line		   Chislet Colliery Halt

References

Citations

  1. "Sturry". thetrainline.com. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. "Sturry railway station". Google Maps. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. "Sturry (STU)". National Rail. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. Gray 1990, p. 246.
  5. Butt 1995, p. 223.
  6. McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 53.
  7. Gray 1990, p. 247.
  8. Table 207 National Rail timetable, December 2011
  9. "Timetable 1 - London and Tonbridge to Ashford International, Canterbury West, Folkestone, Dover, Ramsgate and Margate" (PDF). Southeastern. 15 December 2019. p. 50. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Gray, Adrian (1990). South Eastern Railway. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-85-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David (2007). Railways of Britain : Kent and Sussex. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3222-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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