General information | |||||
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Location | Selling, Swale England | ||||
Grid reference | TR052572 | ||||
Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | SEG | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 3 December 1860 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 70,870 | ||||
2020/21 | 31,328 | ||||
2021/22 | 63,386 | ||||
2022/23 | 77,140 | ||||
2023/24 | 90,862 | ||||
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Selling railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Selling, Kent. It is 55 miles 18 chains (88.9 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Faversham and Canterbury East.
The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
The station and the line on which it is located were built by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. Formerly an excellent example of country station architecture, it was destroyed by fire from unknown cause in the early 1990s, shortly before it was to be awarded listed building status. The signal box at the station end of the 'up' (London-bound) platform was closed and dismantled shortly afterwards. The box can today be seen in use at Eythorne railway station on the East Kent Railway.
The station was a filming location in the 1944 film A Canterbury Tale, where it was called "Chillingbourne". Charles Hawtrey (of the Carry On films) played the porter. The station now has few facilities.