Sandwich train station
You can reach 35 stations directly from Sandwich on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Deal, with 46 trains a day.
Sandwich is the nearest station for postcodes in CT13. Check your own postcode.
- 35 direct destinations
- 1,127th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 12 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Sandwich
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deal | 46 | 39 | 39 |
| Dover Priory | 46 | 39 | 39 |
| Martin Mill | 46 | 39 | 39 |
| Walmer | 46 | 39 | 39 |
| Ashford International | 45 | 39 | 3 |
| Folkestone Central | 45 | 39 | 3 |
| Folkestone West | 45 | 39 | 3 |
| Ramsgate | 44 | 39 | 39 |
| Ebbsfleet International | 24 | 31 | 0 |
| Stratford International | 24 | 31 | 0 |
| London St. Pancras International | 24 | 31 | 0 |
| Sandling | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| Westenhanger | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| Thanet Parkway | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| Headcorn | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Marden | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Paddock Wood | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Pluckley | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Staplehurst | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Tonbridge | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Sevenoaks | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Charing Cross | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Waterloo East | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Birchington-on-Sea | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Broadstairs | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Chestfield & Swalecliffe | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumpton Park | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Faversham | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Herne Bay | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Margate | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Westgate-on-Sea | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitstable | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Minster | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| London Cannon Street | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Sandwich
Sandwich is on the Kent Coast Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Sandwich station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Sandwich 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 Sandwich station is
320,174 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,127th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Sandwich and Deal than any other pair: 64,468 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: 15 stations instead of 35, a drop of about 57%. Saturday runs to 25.
Nearest other stations
- Deal 4.1 miles
- Minster 4.2 miles
- Thanet Parkway 4.3 miles
- Walmer 4.9 miles
- Ramsgate 5.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Sandwich, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Roman Road · 0.9 miles
- Sandwich Road · 1.1 miles
- Richboro Port · 1.5 miles
- Richborough Castle Halt · 1.6 miles
- Poison Cross · 1.9 miles
- Woodnesborough · 2.3 miles
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Facilities at Sandwich station
Sandwich is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:30 to 11:00 · Saturday: 06:30 to 11:00 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Parking at Sandwich station
- Station Car Park 12 spaces, 2 accessible
£5.10 off-peak, £4.80 a day, £20.50 a week
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Sandwich station
Sandwich station is in Dover, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J13 (Castle Hill), 14.3 miles south-west.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Sandwich 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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