The Chatham Main Line (Dover Branch)
The Chatham Main Line (Dover Branch) runs for 25.2 miles between Dover Priory and Selling, serving 8 stations, with a top line speed of 90 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 25.2 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 50 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 8 |
| Top line speed | 90 mph |
| Passengers a year | 2.5 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Dover Priory1.0 million a year
- Kearsney47,626 a year
- Snowdown11,674 a year
- Aylesham106,320 a year
- Adisham26,556 a year
- Bekesbourne37,720 a year
- Canterbury East1.2 million a year
- Selling99,572 a year
The busiest station on the line is Canterbury East, 1.2 million entries and exits a year and 469th busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.