Canterbury West train station
You can reach 48 stations directly from Canterbury West on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ashford International, with 92 trains a day.
See Canterbury West on the map
Canterbury West is the nearest station for postcodes in CT2. Check your own postcode.
- 48 direct destinations
- 205th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 112 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Canterbury West
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford International | 92 | 110 | 92 |
| Ramsgate | 79 | 106 | 92 |
| Thanet Parkway | 78 | 106 | 92 |
| Chilham | 52 | 70 | 59 |
| Chartham | 52 | 70 | 59 |
| Wye | 52 | 70 | 59 |
| Minster | 44 | 68 | 59 |
| Sturry | 44 | 68 | 59 |
| Stratford International | 41 | 38 | 31 |
| London St. Pancras International | 41 | 38 | 31 |
| Broadstairs | 40 | 37 | 32 |
| Margate | 40 | 37 | 32 |
| Headcorn | 38 | 69 | 58 |
| Marden | 38 | 69 | 58 |
| Paddock Wood | 38 | 69 | 58 |
| Pluckley | 38 | 69 | 58 |
| Staplehurst | 38 | 69 | 58 |
| Tonbridge | 38 | 69 | 58 |
| Ebbsfleet International | 37 | 38 | 31 |
| London Bridge | 37 | 33 | 28 |
| Charing Cross | 36 | 33 | 28 |
| Waterloo East | 36 | 33 | 28 |
| Sevenoaks | 35 | 66 | 56 |
| Barming | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bromley South | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Borough Green & Wrotham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bearsted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charing | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| East Malling | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollingbourne | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrietsham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kemsing | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Maidstone East | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Otford | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Swanley | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| London Victoria | 3 | 33 | 28 |
| West Malling | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| St Mary Cray | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Birchington-on-Sea | 1 | 0 | 0 |
and 8 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Canterbury West
Canterbury West is on the Ashford to Ramsgate Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Canterbury West station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Canterbury West 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 West station is
2,723,706 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 205th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 158,448 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Canterbury West and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 929,812 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: 26 stations instead of 48, a drop of about 46%. Saturday runs to 24.
Nearest other stations
- Canterbury East 0.7 miles
- Sturry 2.3 miles
- Chartham 3.1 miles
- Bekesbourne 3.1 miles
- Chilham 5.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Canterbury West, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Canterbury South · 1.3 miles
- Blean and Tyler Hill Halt · 2.3 miles
- Bridge · 3.0 miles
- Chislet Colliery Halt · 3.7 miles
- Bishopsbourne · 4.5 miles
- South Street Halt · 4.6 miles
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Facilities at Canterbury West station
Canterbury West is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:15 to 19:30 · Saturday: 06:15 to 19:30 · Sunday: 08:30 to 17:00
Toilets
Parking at Canterbury West station
- Station Car Park 112 spaces, 4 accessible
£9.50 off-peak, £10.50 a day, £39.60 a week
Cycle parking: 134 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 1 September 2026.
Getting to Canterbury West station
Canterbury West station is in Canterbury, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M2 J7 (Brenley Corner), 6.5 miles west.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Canterbury West Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Canterbury West 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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