Sandwich railway station
Sandwich 
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| Location | |
| Place | Sandwich |
| Local authority | Dover |
| Grid reference | TR332576 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SDW |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.359 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.261 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.250 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.257 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.287 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 July 1847 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sandwich from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Sandwich railway station serves Sandwich in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. The station is 8 1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) south of Ramsgate on the Kent Coast Line.
The station lost its last dedicated stationmaster (Mr Newton) in the mid-1960s. There was formerly quite an extensive goods yard adjoining the station but by the 1960s this had become disused and is now completely built over by a small housing estate.
Until 1967 a service operated between Sandwich and Birkenhead Woodside via Ashford, Redhill, Reading, Oxford, Birmingham Snow Hill and Shrewsbury. The stock was provided on alternate days by successors to the Southern Railway and the Great Western being the Southern Region and the Western Region under British Rail. At Ashford a portion from Margate was attached/detached, likewise a Brighton portion at Redhill.
As of December 2011[update] the typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ramsgate and one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Folkestone Central and Sevenoaks, increased to half-hourly during peak hours. Also there are three services daily to London St Pancras via Dover and High Speed 1, taking approximately 90 minutes. There are two return services from St Pancras each evening.
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