Shepherds Well railway station

For the East Kent Railway station, see Shepherdswell railway station (EKLR).

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 the line from London Victoria and is situated between Snowdown and Kearsney.

Shepherds Well
General information
Location	Shepherdswell, District of Dover England
Coordinates	51.188194°N 1.229722°E / 51.188194; 1.229722
Grid reference	TR257481
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SPH
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	22 July 1861
Passengers
2019/20	51,234
2020/21	16,966
2021/22	37,758
2022/23	53,410
2023/24	65,634
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station and all trains that serve the station 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 & Dover Railway.

Services

All services at Shepherds Well are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[1]

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham
• 1 tph to Dover Priory

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Snowdown		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch		Kearsney
	Heritage railways
Terminus		East Kent Railway		Eythorne