Shepherds Well railway station
Shepherds Well 
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| Location | |
| Place | Shepherdswell |
| Local authority | District of Dover |
| Coordinates | 51°11′17″N 1°13′47″E / 51.188194°N 1.229722°ECoordinates: 51°11′17″N 1°13′47″E / 51.188194°N 1.229722°E |
| Grid reference | TR257481 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SPH |
| 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 |
 43,246 |
| 2012/13 |
43,088 |
| 2013/14 |
 44,030 |
| 2014/15 |
43,014 |
| 2015/16 |
40,912 |
| 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 Shepherds Well from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Shepherds Well railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the village of Shepherdswell, Kent. It is 71 miles 60 chains (115.5 km) down-line from London Victoria and is situated between Snowdown and Kearsney.
The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
It appears in the timetable and online enquiry systems as "Shepherds Well" but the platform signs read "Shepherdswell". It is adjacent to the terminus of the East Kent heritage line, which is spelt as one word: Shepherdswell.
The booking office in the station building on the country-bound platform is open only for very limited hours on Mondays to Fridays mornings but a Permit To Travel ticket machine (also on the country-bound platform) caters for out-of-hours ticketing.
The station and the line it serves were built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway.
The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South, and one train per hour to Dover Priory.
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