Bekesbourne railway station

Bekesbourne
Location
Place	Bekesbourne
Local authority	City of Canterbury
Grid reference	TR189560
Operations
Station code	BKS
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	35,386
2005/06	39,140
2006/07	49,045
2007/08	48,737
2008/09	56,896
2009/10	45,970
2010/11	38,450
2011/12	38,398
2012/13	32,966
2013/14	28,696
History
Key dates	Opened 22 July 1861 (22 July 1861)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bekesbourne from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bekesbourne railway station serves the villages of Bekesbourne, Bishopsbourne, Littlebourne and Patrixbourne in Kent, England, and is located between Canterbury East and Dover Priory. It is served by Southeastern.

The station has no booking office but a "Permit to Travel" self-service ticket machine is located on the London-bound platform and caters for all ticketing.

The station and the line it serves were built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway and opened on 22 July 1861. The platforms are linked by a footbridge. Nearby is a viaduct over the Nailbourne Stream, a tributary of the River Stour.

Bekesbourne Station in 1963

Services

Off-peak the station services one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Canterbury East		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch		Adisham

External links

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