Chilham Railway Station

CLMN CIL | 5009
Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

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

Figures for 2023-24 show that 20,842 journeys were made between Chilham and Canterbury West—that's 35% of all passenger journeys at this station!

Passenger numbers for Chilham peaked during 2023-24 with 59,724 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 29% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 90% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Chilham table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9822,207
1998-9922,919
1999-0022,371
2000-0122,156
2001-0220,610
2002-0320,139
2003-04 
2004-0527,812
2005-0630,003
2006-0731,581
2007-0840,055
2008-0941,364
2009-1036,860
2010-1137,444
2011-1240,548
2012-1337,322
2013-1436,524
2014-1538,682
2015-1638,320
2016-1740,318
2017-1843,422
2018-1953,108
2019-2053,688
2020-2115,658
2021-2240,214
2022-2348,300
2023-2459,724
2024-25