Walmer railway station

Walmer railway station serves Walmer in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

Walmer
Location
PlaceWalmer
Local authorityDover
Grid referenceTR364503
Operations
Station codeWAM
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 0.173 million
2015/16 0.187 million
2016/17 0.188 million
2017/18 0.222 million
2018/19 0.227 million
History
Key datesOpened 17 June 1881 (17 June 1881)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Walmer from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Facilities

The station has two platforms, connected by a subway. A ticket office is open part-time.[1]

History

The first plans for a station here were by the Kent Railway in 1836.[2] However, Walmer was slow to grow as a resort compared to many other towns on the Kent coastline, and progress stalled. Further schemes to connect Walmer to the railway network were proposed in November 1846 and March 1854, but neither secured sufficient funding.[3] The London, Chatham & Dover Railway (LDCR) announced plans for a line between Walmer, Deal and Adisham in October 1872, but failed to secure the funding from Parliament.[4] Two years later, the LDCR decided to partner with the South Eastern Railway to construct a line from Deal to Dover Priory via Walmer.[3]

Construction of the station was delayed owing to problems buying the relevant land, and it cost £14,000 to build.[5] It opened on 14 June 1881. Gas lighting was installed at the station by the end of the year.[6] A station closer to the sea was proposed in 1898, but rejected.[7]

Goods services were withdrawn from the station in 1961.[8]

Services

As of December 2019, the off-peak service at the station in trains per hour is:[9]

There is also a peak hours-only service towards London Charing Cross via Ashford and Tonbridge and to Ramsgate, and a few trains to Cannon Street.[9]

Incidents

On 6 July 1898, a set of vehicles at the station broke free and ran down the incline towards Deal, where they collided with an empty train, causing £269 of damage.[10]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Martin Mill   Southeastern
Kent Coast Line		   Deal

References

Citations

  1. "Walmer". National Rail. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. Gray 1990, p. 251.
  3. Gray 1990, p. 254.
  4. Gray 1990, p. 253.
  5. Gray 1990, pp. 255-256.
  6. Gray 1990, p. 256.
  7. Gray 1990, p. 257.
  8. McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 128.
  9. "December 2019: London - Ashford, Folkestone, Dover and Margate" (PDF). Southeastern. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  10. Gray 1990, p. 258.

Sources

  • 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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