Sturry railway station

Sturry
Station platforms, signal box, and level crossing
Location
Place	Sturry
Local authority	Canterbury
Grid reference	TR177603
Operations
Station code	STU
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	65,638
2005/06	78,241
2006/07	80,252
2007/08	84,205
2008/09	81,130
2009/10	66,572
2010/11	61,440
2011/12	61,012
2012/13	69,062
2013/14	72,962
2014/15	75,272
History
1 June 1847	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sturry from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Sturry railway station serves the village of Sturry near Canterbury in Kent, England. The station is 2 ¹⁄₄ miles (3.6 km) north east of Canterbury West on the Ashford to Ramsgate Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. It is also the nearest station to the town of Fordwich. On the Ramsgate-bound platform, there is a staffed booking office - open only at certain times - as well as a PERTIS passenger-operated self-service ticket machine issuing Permits to Travel.

Services

As of December 2011 the typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ramsgate and one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Canterbury West.^[1]

There is one morning service to London St Pancras International along the HS1 Line operated by a Class 395 Javelin unit. This service departs at 0518.

References

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Canterbury West		Southeastern Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line		Minster
	Disused railways
Canterbury West		British Rail Southern Region Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line		Chislet Colliery Halt

Coordinates: 51°18′03.8″N 1°07′20″E / 51.301056°N 1.12222°E / 51.301056; 1.12222