Canterbury East train station
You can reach 27 stations directly from Canterbury East on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Dover Priory, with 52 trains a day.
See Canterbury East on the map
Canterbury East is the nearest station for postcodes in CT1. Check your own postcode.
- 27 direct destinations
- 469th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 144 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Canterbury East
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Priory | 52 | 44 | 38 |
| Faversham | 52 | 44 | 38 |
| Aylesham | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Kearsney | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Selling | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Shepherdswell | 51 | 44 | 38 |
| Adisham | 50 | 44 | 38 |
| Bekesbourne | 50 | 44 | 38 |
| Snowdown | 50 | 44 | 38 |
| Gillingham | 40 | 42 | 0 |
| Rainham | 40 | 42 | 34 |
| Sittingbourne | 40 | 42 | 34 |
| Chatham | 39 | 41 | 0 |
| Rochester | 39 | 41 | 0 |
| Newington | 37 | 42 | 34 |
| Teynham | 37 | 42 | 34 |
| Bromley South | 36 | 41 | 0 |
| London Victoria | 36 | 41 | 0 |
| Longfield | 16 | 24 | 0 |
| Meopham | 15 | 24 | 0 |
| London Cannon Street | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Farningham Road | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Swanley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| St Mary Cray | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sole Street | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Canterbury East
Canterbury East is on the Chatham Main Line (Dover Branch). That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Canterbury East station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Canterbury East station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Canterbury East station is
1,170,446 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 469th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 38,101 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Canterbury East and Faversham than any other pair: 172,630 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 13 stations instead of 27, a drop of about 52%. Saturday runs to 25.
Nearest other stations
- Canterbury West 0.7 miles
- Sturry 2.7 miles
- Chartham 2.8 miles
- Bekesbourne 2.8 miles
- Chilham 4.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Canterbury East, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Canterbury South · 0.7 miles
- Bridge · 2.4 miles
- Blean and Tyler Hill Halt · 2.9 miles
- Bishopsbourne · 3.9 miles
- Chislet Colliery Halt · 4.0 miles
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Facilities at Canterbury East station
Canterbury East is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 20:20 · Saturday: 06:10 to 20:20 · Sunday: 07:30 to 19:00
Toilets
Parking at Canterbury East station
- Station Car Park 144 spaces, 6 accessible
£6.80 off-peak, £7.50 a day, £25.00 a week
Cycle parking: 46 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Canterbury East station
Canterbury East station is in Canterbury, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M2 J7 (Brenley Corner), 6.7 miles west.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Canterbury East Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Canterbury East station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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