Folkestone Central railway station
Folkestone Central railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, and is the main station serving the town of Folkestone, Kent. It is 69 miles 73 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. All trains that call are operated by Southeastern.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Folkestone, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “FKC”, “Folkestone Central Railway Station”, and “Folkestone Central Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include United Reformed Church and Royal Victoria Hospital.
United Reformed Church
Church
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
United Reformed Church is situated 730 feet southeast of Folkestone Central railway station.
Royal Victoria Hospital
Hospital
Photo: John Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, is a community hospital located on the edge of Radnor Park in Folkestone, Kent, in England. It is managed by the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. Royal Victoria Hospital is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Folkestone Central railway station.
Leas Cliff Hall
Theater building
Photo: Nixii9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leas Cliff Hall is an entertainment and function venue situated in Folkestone, on the Kent coast of England. The Grand Hall seats 900 and it has a standing capacity of 1500. Leas Cliff Hall is situated 2,800 feet southeast of Folkestone Central railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandgate and Cheriton.
Sandgate
Village
Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.
Sandgate is a village in the Folkestone and Hythe Urban Area in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. It had a population of 4,225 at the 2001 census.
Cheriton
Suburb
Photo: Carol Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheriton is a northern suburb of Folkestone, in the Folkestone and Hythe, in the county of Kent, England. It is the location of the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel as well as of the major army barracks of Shorncliffe Camp. Cheriton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Folkestone Central railway station.
Hawkinge
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hawkinge is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill. Hawkinge is situated 2½ miles north of Folkestone Central railway station.
Folkestone Central railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.08281° or 51° 4′ 58″ northLongitude
1.16839° or 1° 10′ 6″ eastElevation
135 feet (41 metres)Operator
SoutheasternNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“FKC”Open location code
9F3335M9+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 6688385708OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Romanian—“Folkestone Central railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Folkestone Central”
- Dutch: “Station Folkestone Central”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة فولكيستون سينترال”
- French: “Folkestone Central”
- French: “gare de Folkestone Central”
- French: “Gare de Folkestone Central”
- German: “Bahnhof Folkestone Central”
- Japanese: “フォークストン・セントラル駅”
- Japanese: “フォークストン”
- Polish: “Folkestone Central”
- Romanian: “gara Folkestone Central”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Folkestone Central railway station”. Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.