The Chatham Main Line (Ramsgate Branch)
The Chatham Main Line (Ramsgate Branch) runs for 27.3 miles between Broadstairs and Faversham, serving 10 stations, with a top line speed of 90 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 27.3 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 56 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 10 |
| Top line speed | 90 mph |
| Passengers a year | 7.4 million entries and exits across its stations |
| Engineer's Line Reference | VIR |
Stations on this line
- Broadstairs794,074 a year
- Dumpton Park45,098 a year
- Ramsgate1.4 million a year
- Margate1.3 million a year
- Westgate-on-Sea199,128 a year
- Birchington-on-Sea350,024 a year
- Herne Bay834,602 a year
- Chestfield & Swalecliffe107,718 a year
- Whitstable876,818 a year
- Faversham1.5 million a year
The busiest station on the line is Faversham, 1.5 million entries and exits a year and 362nd busiest in Britain.
Freight on this line, hour by hour
No freight is booked over the Chatham Main Line (Ramsgate Branch) in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a line with none booked is one that freight does not use.
Lines it meets
Ashford to Ramsgate Line, Chatham Main Line.
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.
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