Snowdown railway station

Snowdown
Location
Place	Snowdown
Local authority	District of Dover
Grid reference	TR245511
Operations
Station code	SWO
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	18,282
2005/06	19,456
2006/07	17,194
2007/08	18,057
2008/09	18,474
2009/10	16,030
2010/11	13,424
2011/12	13,118
2012/13	10,664
2013/14	7,556
History
Key dates	Opened 1914
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Snowdown from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Snowdown railway station serves Snowdown in Kent. It is served by Southeastern.

The station and the line it serves were built by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and the London, Chatham & Dover Railway respectively, and the station was opened in 1914. It was formerly known as "Snowdown and Nonington Halt" and formed the junction with the extensive sidings of the Snowdown Colliery Railway.

The station has no booking office but a "Permit to Travel" self-service ticket machine located at the top of the staircase leading down to the Dover-bound platform caters for all ticketing.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.

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  View of main platforms towards Dover Priory
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  View of Road Bridge and Railway line towards London
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  View of fairly new stairs to platform 2
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  View of main platforms towards Dover Priory

External links

• Train times and station information for Snowdown railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 51°12′54″N 1°12′50″E / 51.215°N 1.214°E