Canterbury East Railway Station

CNTBE CBE | 5164

Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

Canterbury East station is managed by Southeastern and is located in Canterbury within the South East area of England.

Figures for 2023-24 show that 156,906 journeys were made between Canterbury East and Faversham—that's 15% of all passenger journeys at this station!

Passenger numbers for Canterbury East peaked during 2006-07 with 1,640,246 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 26% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 85% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Canterbury East table
Year	Passenger Numbers
1997-98	363,697
1998-99	353,178
1999-00	372,840
2000-01	431,296
2001-02	386,502
2002-03	347,156
2003-04
2004-05	410,001
2005-06	429,063
2006-07	1,640,246
2007-08	1,618,418
2008-09	1,575,014
2009-10	1,330,917
2010-11	1,158,433
2011-12	1,175,090
2012-13	1,043,578
2013-14	945,600
2014-15	1,003,925
2015-16	1,034,102
2016-17	1,060,553
2017-18	1,109,015
2018-19	1,144,046
2019-20	1,096,734
2020-21	280,318
2021-22	770,802
2022-23	935,628
2023-24	1,059,206
2024-25