Folkestone Central railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Folkestone Central
code = FKC


manager = Southeastern
locale = Folkestone
borough = Shepway
platforms = 2
usage0405 = 0.877
usage0506 = 0.910
usage0607 = 0.906
years = 18 August 1884
events = Opened as "Cheriton Arch"
years1 = September 1886
events1 = Renamed (Radnor Park)
years2 = 1 June 1895
events2 = Renamed (Folkestone Central)

Folkestone Central railway station is one of three railway stations in Folkestone. It is the more central of the two main stations in the town. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.

History

The South Eastern Main Line reached Folkestone in 1843, with a station being opened at Folkestone Junction on 18 December 1843. Folkestone West was then opened in 1864, with a station named "Cheriton Arch" being provided between the two on 1 September 1884. The name "Radnor Park" was adopted in 1886, and for a few years just two platform faces, the station was rebuilt in 1890 to add a baycite web
url=http://www.kentrail.co.uk/folkestone_central.htm
title=Folkestone Central
accessdate=2008-10-09] . The station was renamed "Folkestone Central" in 1895.The station was rebuilt at the time of the route's electrification in 1961 [Body, Geoffrey. "PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region" (1984), pages 96–97. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. ISBN 0-85059-664-5] with two island platforms, linked by a subway and with ramps leading up from the ticket office and concourse, which is itself above street level (an approach road and accompanying pedestrian ramp leads up from Cheriton Road). In 1999 one island platform was abandoned, along with the subway; the platform has not been demolished, although all buildings have been removed.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

*2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross via Sevenoaks
*1tph to Ramsgate
*1tph to Dover Priory only

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