Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
18 December 1843[1]
Opened as Folkestone
July 1849
Renamed Folkestone Old
January 1852
Renamed Folkestone Junction
September 1858
Renamed Folkestone Junction (Shorncliffe)
November 1863
Renamed Folkestone Junction
April 1884
Renamed Folkestone
June 1897
Renamed Folkestone Junction
10 September 1962
Renamed Folkestone East
6 September 1965[2]
Closed
Folkestone East is a former railway station in Folkestone, England. Opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1843 as part of its main line from London, it was Folkestone's first station and handled substantial boat train traffic travelling to the Continent via Folkestone Harbour. Passenger traffic declined in later years with the opening of other more convenient stations in the town and the station eventually closed in 1965.
^Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 98.
^Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 49. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
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