Snowdown railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Snowdown |
| Local authority | District of Dover |
| Grid reference | TR245511 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SWO |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 18,282 |
| 2005/06 |  19,456 |
| 2006/07 |  17,194 |
| 2007/08 | 18,057 |
| 2008/09 | 18,474 |
| 2009/10 | 16,030 |
| 2010/11 | 13,424 |
| 2011/12 | 13,118 |
| 2012/13 | 10,664 |
| 2013/14 | 7,556 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1914 |
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Snowdown railway station serves Snowdown in Kent. It is served by Southeastern.
The station and the line it serves were built by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and the London, Chatham & Dover Railway respectively, and the station was opened in 1914. It was formerly known as "Snowdown and Nonington Halt" and had sidings that served the adjacent Snowdown colliery.
The station has no booking office but a "Permit to Travel" self-service ticket machine located at the top of the staircase leading down to the Dover-bound platform caters for all ticketing.
Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.
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View of main platforms towards Dover Priory
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View of Road Bridge and Railway line towards London
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View of fairly new stairs to platform 2
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View of main platforms towards Dover Priory
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Aylesham | Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch |
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