Minster train station
You can reach 57 stations directly from Minster on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ashford International, with 45 trains a day.
- 57 direct destinations
- 1,802nd busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 10 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Minster
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford International | 45 | 68 | 59 |
| Canterbury West | 44 | 68 | 59 |
| Chilham | 44 | 68 | 59 |
| Chartham | 44 | 68 | 59 |
| Ramsgate | 44 | 68 | 59 |
| Sturry | 44 | 68 | 59 |
| Wye | 44 | 68 | 59 |
| Thanet Parkway | 43 | 68 | 59 |
| Headcorn | 36 | 67 | 58 |
| Marden | 36 | 67 | 58 |
| Paddock Wood | 36 | 67 | 58 |
| Pluckley | 36 | 67 | 58 |
| Staplehurst | 36 | 67 | 58 |
| Tonbridge | 36 | 67 | 58 |
| London Bridge | 34 | 32 | 28 |
| Charing Cross | 33 | 32 | 28 |
| Sevenoaks | 33 | 64 | 56 |
| Waterloo East | 33 | 32 | 28 |
| Broadstairs | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Margate | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Birchington-on-Sea | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Barming | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bromley South | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Borough Green & Wrotham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bearsted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charing | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chestfield & Swalecliffe | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumpton Park | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| East Malling | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Faversham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollingbourne | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Herne Bay | 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 | 32 | 28 |
| Westgate-on-Sea | 3 | 0 | 0 |
and 17 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Minster
Minster is on the Ashford to Ramsgate Line and the Kent Coast Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Minster station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Minster 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 Minster station is
91,432 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,802nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 1,918 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Minster and Canterbury West than any other pair: 26,890 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: 21 stations instead of 57, a drop of about 63%. Saturday runs to 21.
Nearest other stations
- Thanet Parkway 1.9 miles
- Birchington-on-Sea 3.4 miles
- Westgate-on-Sea 3.7 miles
- Ramsgate 3.9 miles
- Sandwich 4.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Minster, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt · 1.7 miles
- Richborough Castle Halt · 2.6 miles
- Richboro Port · 2.9 miles
- Sandwich Road · 3.4 miles
- Ash Town · 4.1 miles
- Ramsgate Town · 4.2 miles
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Facilities at Minster station
Minster is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Minster station
- Station Car Park 10 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Minster station
Minster station is in Thanet, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M2 J7 (Brenley Corner), 16.9 miles west.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Minster 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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