Canterbury West Railway Station

CNTBW CBW | 5007

Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

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

Figures for 2023-24 show that 854,990 journeys were made between Canterbury West and London St Pancras International—that's 35% of all passenger journeys at this station!

Passenger numbers for Canterbury West peaked during 2018-19 with 2,662,266 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

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

Passenger Estimates for Canterbury West table
Year	Passenger Numbers
1997-98	1,644,080
1998-99	1,725,925
1999-00	1,671,022
2000-01	1,705,023
2001-02	1,748,911
2002-03	1,792,446
2003-04
2004-05	2,015,286
2005-06	2,172,469
2006-07	1,134,891
2007-08	1,351,397
2008-09	1,390,831
2009-10	1,464,545
2010-11	1,921,370
2011-12	2,132,030
2012-13	2,121,098
2013-14	2,223,350
2014-15	2,336,199
2015-16	2,406,422
2016-17	2,467,975
2017-18	2,580,749
2018-19	2,662,266
2019-20	2,552,170
2020-21	652,324
2021-22	1,793,700
2022-23	2,177,268
2023-24	2,464,836
2024-25