Shepherds Well railway station

{{for|the East Kent Railway station|Shepherdswell railway station (EKLR)}}

{{Short description|Railway station in Kent, England}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Shepherds Well

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Shepherds Well Station - geograph.org.uk - 4935188.jpg

| borough = Shepherdswell, District of Dover

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|51.188194|1.229722|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TR257481|25|TR257481}}

| manager = Southeastern

| platforms = 2

| code = SPH

| classification = DfT category E

| opened = 22 July 1861

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 51,234}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 16,966}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 37,758}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 53,410}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 65,634}}

| 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 {{convert|71|mi|60|chain|km}} down the line from {{stn|London Victoria}} and is situated between {{rws|Snowdown}} and {{rws|Kearsney}}.

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 {{brc|375}} EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:{{NRtimes|December 2022|212}}

  • 1 tph to {{stn|London Victoria}} via {{stnlnk|Chatham|Medway}}
  • 1 tph to {{stnlnk|Dover Priory}}

Additional services including trains to and from {{stn|London Bridge}} and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

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{{s-rail-national|previous=Snowdown|next=Kearsney|toc=Southeastern|route={{smalldiv|Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch}}}}

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{{rail line |next=Eythorne|route=East Kent Railway |col={{heritage rail colour|line=East Kent Railway}} }}

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