Shepherds Well railway station explained

Shepherds Well
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Shepherdswell, District of Dover
Country:England
Coordinates:51.1882°N 1.2297°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Southeastern
Platforms:2
Code:SPH
Classification:DfT category E
Opened:22 July 1861
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Shepherds Well railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the village of Shepherdswell, Kent. It is 71chain60chain down the line from and is situated between and .

The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

It appears in the timetable and online enquiry systems as "Shepherds Well" but the platform signs read "Shepherdswell". It is adjacent to the terminus of the East Kent heritage line, which is spelt as one word: Shepherdswell.

The booking office in the station building on the country-bound platform is open only for very limited hours on Mondays to Fridays mornings but a Permit To Travel ticket machine (also on the country-bound platform) caters for out-of-hours ticketing.

The station and the line it serves were built by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway.

Services

All services at Shepherds Well are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

Additional services including trains to and from and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

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