Dover (Priory) railway station
Dover Priory 
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The station entrance
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| Location | |
| Place | Dover |
| Local authority | District of Dover |
| Grid reference | TR313415 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DVP |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |
 0.905 million |
| – Interchange |
0.177 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.943 million |
| – Interchange |
0.133 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.961 million |
| – Interchange |
0.138 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.884 million |
| – Interchange |
55,963 |
| 2016/17 |
0.831 million |
| – Interchange |
51,396 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 22 July 1861 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dover Priory from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Dover Priory railway station is the southern terminus of the South Eastern Main Line in England, and is the main station serving the town of Dover, Kent, the other open station being Kearsney, on the outskirts. It is 77 miles 26 chains (124.4 km) down-line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
Dover Priory opened on 22 July 1861 as the temporary terminus of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR). It became a through station on 1 November 1861, with the completion of a tunnel though the Western Heights to gain access to the Western Docks area, where LCDR created Dover Harbour station The station was known as Dover Town but was renamed in July 1863 (leading to rival SER to adopt the name for one of its Dover stations).
In 1868 stationmaster Edward Walsh(e) was murdered by 18-year-old Thomas Wells, a porter for the LCDR, after having rebuked him for poor work. Wells was convicted and hanged.
The Southern Railway consolidated passenger services at Priory in 1927 and modernised the station between 1930 and 1932 at a cost of £135,000 (equivalent to £8,600,000 in 2016). The new station re-opened on 8 May 1932.
The Chatham Main Line into Priory was electrified in 1959 as part of Stage 1 of Kent Coast Electrification, under the BR 1955 Modernisation Plan. The line up to Ramsgate, via Deal, was subsequently electrified under stage two of Kent Coast electrification in January 1961. The line from Folkestone into Priory was electrified in June 1961.
The high-speed service to London St Pancras started in 2009, after the track in the tunnels to the south was realigned to allow for emergency evacuation from rolling stock without end doors.
Services to and from Folkestone Central were suspended on 24 December 2015 due to major damage to the track and sea wall near Dover harbour caused by strong winds & tidal surges. A replacement bus service was in operation between the two stations, along with a modified timetable whilst repair work was carried out. This was expected to continue throughout 2016, whilst a new £44.5 million viaduct was constructed to replace the present rail embankment & sea wall. The project was scheduled for completion in December 2016, but progressed faster than originally anticipated - the line reopened on 5 September 2016.
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