Canterbury East railway station
Canterbury East 
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Station building
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| Location | |
| Place | Canterbury |
| Local authority | City of Canterbury |
| Grid reference | TR146572 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CBE |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.175 million |
| – Interchange |
22,550 |
| 2012/13 |
 1.044 million |
| – Interchange |
15,832 |
| 2013/14 |
0.946 million |
| – Interchange |
15,976 |
| 2014/15 |
1.004 million |
| – Interchange |
21,604 |
| 2015/16 |
1.034 million |
| – Interchange |
19,288 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 9 July 1860 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Canterbury East from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Canterbury East railway station is one of two stations in Canterbury in Kent, England. It is south-southwest of the city centre and is served by Southeastern.
The station and its line were built by London, Chatham and Dover Railway, while Canterbury West was built by South Eastern Railway.
Although called Canterbury East the station is about 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) due south of Canterbury West station, and only about 20 yards (20 m) to its east.
The framework of the platform canopies were originally installed at the never-opened station at Lullingstone.
The semaphore signals at the station were replaced with coloured lights in December 2011. The elevated signal box remains but is no longer in use, with signalling on the line operated from a control room at Gillingham. The signal box has now been given Grade II listed building status.
Canterbury East's ticket barriers were removed in early 2011, as they were the only ones of the kind in the country and spare parts were no longer easy to obtain. Work began to install a new gate-line in October 2016. Coventry and Earlsfield are the only other stations to lose their ticket barriers.
The station has a ticket office, an electronic ticket machine, a cafe and toilets.
The typical Monday to Saturday off-peak service from the station is:
The typical Sunday service from the station is:
Canterbury East Signal Box
View in the direction of trains towards London
View in the direction of trains towards Dover
Station platforms in 2012
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Final Problem, a short story in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson hide from Professor Moriarty at a station in Canterbury. The station is unspecified but is likely to have been Canterbury East as Holmes and Watson were making their way to catch a boat on the Continental Express from London Victoria station.
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