Folkestone West train station
You can reach 51 stations directly from Folkestone West on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ashford International, with 89 trains a day.
See Folkestone West on the map
Folkestone West is the nearest station for postcodes in CT50, CT18. Check your own postcode.
- 51 direct destinations
- 553rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 215 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Folkestone West
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford International | 89 | 111 | 35 |
| Folkestone Central | 89 | 111 | 35 |
| Dover Priory | 88 | 111 | 35 |
| Sandling | 47 | 73 | 31 |
| Westenhanger | 47 | 73 | 31 |
| Deal | 45 | 39 | 3 |
| Martin Mill | 45 | 39 | 3 |
| Sandwich | 45 | 39 | 3 |
| Walmer | 45 | 39 | 3 |
| Ramsgate | 43 | 39 | 3 |
| Headcorn | 37 | 71 | 27 |
| Marden | 37 | 71 | 27 |
| Paddock Wood | 37 | 71 | 27 |
| Staplehurst | 37 | 71 | 27 |
| Tonbridge | 37 | 71 | 27 |
| Ebbsfleet International | 36 | 31 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 36 | 35 | 27 |
| Sevenoaks | 36 | 70 | 27 |
| Stratford International | 36 | 31 | 0 |
| London St. Pancras International | 36 | 31 | 0 |
| Charing Cross | 32 | 35 | 27 |
| Waterloo East | 32 | 35 | 27 |
| Pluckley | 24 | 2 | 2 |
| Thanet Parkway | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| London Cannon Street | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Birchington-on-Sea | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Broadstairs | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Chestfield & Swalecliffe | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumpton Park | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Faversham | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hildenborough | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Herne Bay | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Margate | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Westgate-on-Sea | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitstable | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barming | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bromley South | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Borough Green & Wrotham | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bearsted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charing | 1 | 0 | 0 |
and 11 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Folkestone West
Folkestone West is on the South Eastern Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Folkestone West station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Folkestone 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 Folkestone West station is
970,078 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 553rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Folkestone West and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 451,634 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: 20 stations instead of 51, a drop of about 61%. Saturday runs to 26.
Nearest other stations
- Folkestone Central 0.6 miles
- Sandling 3.8 miles
- Westenhanger 5.1 miles
- Kearsney 6.8 miles
- Dover Priory 7.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Folkestone West, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Cheriton Halt · 0.6 miles
- Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal · 1.1 miles
- Folkestone Harbour · 1.5 miles
- Folkestone East · 1.5 miles
- Sandgate · 1.6 miles
- Dollands Moor Freight Yard · 2.3 miles
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Facilities at Folkestone West station
Folkestone West is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:25 to 13:05 · Saturday: 07:35 to 14:15 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Folkestone West station
- Station Car Park 215 spaces, 12 accessible
£6.30 off-peak, £7.00 a day, £28.30 a week
Cycle parking: 38 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 20 August 2026.
Getting to Folkestone West station
Folkestone West station is in Folkestone and Hythe, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J13 (Castle Hill), 0.8 miles north.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Folkestone West Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Folkestone 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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