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'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.

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Services

History

See also

References

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Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

★ 2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross via Tonbridge

★ 2tph to London Victoria via Canterbury East and Chatham

★ 1tph to Ramsgate via Deal
From December 2009, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Domestic Service (CTRL-DS) will see Class 395 run via Folkestone and Ashford to to CTRL to access Ebbsfleet, Stratford and St Pancras ^[1]. Special dispensation had to be sought to allow the serivce to reach Dover as the tunnels to the south are to narrow for emergency exits for rolling stock with end doors ^[2].

History

Dover Priory opend on 22 July 1861^[3] 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 the Dover Harbour station^[3]. 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)^[3]. Southern consolidated passenger services at Priory in 1927 and modernised the station in 1932^[6]. The Chatham Main Line into Priory was electrified in 1959 as part of Stage 1 of Kent Coast Electrification, under the 1955 BR modernisation plan^[7]. The line up to Ramsgate, via Deal was subsequently electrified under stage two of Kent Coast electrification in January 1961^[7]. The line from Folkestone into Priory was electrifed in June 1961^[7].

See also

★ List of railway stations in Dover

References

1. BBC News "Station set for high-speed future" - Accessed 1 September 2007
2. BBC News "Dover gets high-speed CTRL trains" - Accessed 14 July 2006
3. Dover Priory Station
4. Dover Priory Station
5. Dover Priory Station
6. Dover Priory David Glasspool
7. Electric Railways
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9. Electric Railways

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