Dover Priory train station

You can reach 61 stations directly from Dover Priory on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ashford International, with 87 trains a day.

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Address: CT17 9SB

Dover Priory is the nearest station for postcodes in CT17, CT16. Check your own postcode.

61 direct destinations
523rd busiest in Britain
Staffed full time
Step-free throughout
36 parking spaces
5 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Dover Priory

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Ashford International	87	76	94
Folkestone Central	87	76	94
Folkestone West	87	76	94
Faversham	55	37	63
Canterbury East	52	37	63
Aylesham	51	37	63
Kearsney	51	37	63
Selling	51	37	63
Shepherdswell	51	37	63
Adisham	50	37	63
Bekesbourne	50	37	63
Snowdown	50	37	63
Deal	46	38	32
Martin Mill	46	38	32
Sandling	46	38	60
Sandwich	46	38	32
Walmer	46	38	32
Westenhanger	46	38	60
Ramsgate	44	38	32
Gillingham	40	29	60
Rainham	40	29	60
Sittingbourne	40	29	60
Chatham	39	28	60
London Bridge	39	35	56
Rochester	39	28	60
Headcorn	37	36	30
Marden	37	36	30
Newington	37	29	60
Paddock Wood	37	36	30
Staplehurst	37	36	30
Teynham	37	29	60
Tonbridge	37	36	30
Bromley South	36	28	60
Ebbsfleet International	36	31	30
Sevenoaks	36	35	26
Stratford International	36	31	30
London St. Pancras International	36	31	30
London Victoria	36	28	30
Charing Cross	32	35	26
Waterloo East	32	35	26

and 21 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Dover Priory

Dover Priory is on the South Eastern Main Line and the Chatham Main Line (Dover Branch), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

How busy Dover Priory station is

1,029,332 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 523rd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 86,844 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Dover Priory and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 255,510 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.

Nearest other stations

Kearsney 2.2 miles
Martin Mill 3.6 miles
Shepherdswell 5.4 miles
Walmer 6.3 miles
Folkestone Central 6.6 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Dover Priory, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Dover Harbour · 0.6 miles
Shakespeare Cliff Halt · 1.7 miles
Stonehall and Lydden Halt · 3.7 miles
Folkestone Warren Halt · 4.6 miles

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Facilities at Dover Priory station

Dover Priory is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:30 to 21:30 · Saturday: 05:30 to 21:30 · Sunday: 06:15 to 21:30

Toilets

Parking at Dover Priory station

Station Car Park 36 spaces, 2 accessible
£6.90 off-peak, £7.60 a day, £31.30 a week

Cycle parking: 42 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.

Getting to Dover Priory station

Dover Priory station is in Dover, South East, and is run by Southeastern.

The nearest motorway junction is M20 J13 (Castle Hill), 6.5 miles west.

5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Dover Priory Railway Station.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Dover Priory 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