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Dover Priory 
Dover Priory railway station, looking north Location Place Dover Local authority Dover Operations Station code DVP Managed by Southeastern Number of platforms 3 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.902 million 2005/06 * 
0.861 million2006/07 * 
0.923 million2007/08 * 0.960 million2008/09 * 0.975 millionHistory Opened 22 July 1861 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dover Priory from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. 
Main station building.
SR electric locomotive in 1959
A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around DoverDover 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. It is located in the south-east corner of the UK rail network.
Contents
Services
As of May 2011[update] the typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 1tph (trains per hour) to London St Pancras[1]
- 2tph to London Charing Cross via Sevenoaks[1]
- 2tph to London Victoria via Canterbury East and Chatham[2]
- 1tph to Ramsgate via Deal[1]
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Folkestone Central Southeastern
South Eastern Main LineTerminus Folkestone Central Southeastern
Kent Coast LineMartin Mill Kearsney Southeastern
Chatham Main Line - Dover BranchTerminus Folkestone Central Southeastern
High Speed 1
London-SandwichTerminus or
Deal (Peak only)Disused railways Kearsney British Rail
Southern Region
Chatham Main Line - Dover BranchDover Marine British Rail
Southern Region
Chatham Main Line - Dover BranchDover Harbour History
Dover Priory opened 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 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.[4] The Chatham Main Line into Priory was electrified in 1959 as part of Stage 1 of Kent Coast Electrification, under the BR 1955 Modernisation Plan.[5] The line up to Ramsgate, via Deal was subsequently electrified under stage two of Kent Coast electrification in January 1961.[5] The line from Folkestone into Priory was electrified in June 1961.[5] The high-speed service to London St Pancras started in 2009. Special dispensation had to be sought to allow the service reach Dover as tunnels to the south are too narrow for emergency exits for rolling stock without end doors.[6]
Murder
In 1868 stationmaster Edward Walsh(e) was murdered by 18-year old Thomas Wells, a porter for the LCDR,[7] after having rebuked him for poor work. Wells was convicted and hanged.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Network Rail Timetable May 2011: Table 207
- ^ Network Rail Timetable May 2011: Table 212
- ^ a b c "Dover Priory Station". Dover - Lock and Key of the Kingdom. 2007. http://www.dover-kent.co.uk/transport/priory_station.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- ^ David Glasspool (2007). "Dover Priory". Kent Rail. http://www.kentrail.org.uk/Dover%20Priory.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- ^ a b c "Electric Railways". 'Stendec Systems'. 2007. http://www.electric-railways.co.uk/L2_DC_750_CR/1_general/g3_proj/prj-0d75-sr.html. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- ^ "Dover gets high-speed CTRL trains". BBC News. 14 July 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/5179096.stm. Retrieved 14 July 2006.
- ^ Charles Hindley (1871). Curiosities of street literature, comprising "cocks," or "catch pennies": a large and curious assortment of street-drolleries, squibs, histories, comic tales in prose and verse, broadsides on the royal family, political litanies, dialogues, catechisms, acts of Parliament, street political papers .... Reeves and Turner. p. 239.
- ^ Steve Fielding (1994). Hangman's Record 1868-1899. 1. Chancery House. p. 2. ISBN 0900246650.
External links
- Train times and station information for Dover Priory railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 51°7′34.16″N 1°18′18.43″E / 51.1261556°N 1.3051194°E
Categories:- Dover, Kent
- History of Dover, Kent
- Railway stations in Kent
- Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1861
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- DfT Category D stations
- Railway stations serving harbours and ports in the United Kingdom
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