Editing Canterbury (section)

=== Rail ===

<!--[[File:CBE1.jpg|thumb|[[Canterbury East railway station|Canterbury East Railway Station]] ]] -->[[File:Canterbury West railway station building.JPG|thumb|[[Canterbury West railway station|Canterbury West Railway Station]]]]

The pioneering [[Canterbury & Whitstable Railway]], known locally as the ''Crab and Winkle line'', had a terminus at [[Canterbury North Lane railway station|North Lane station]]. It ran from 3 May 1830 to 1953 and was the first regular passenger steam railway in the world.<ref name="Martin225-231">Graham Martin, ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' ([[University of Kent at Canterbury]], 1990) pages 225–231 {{ISBN|0-904938-03-4}}</ref> [[Canterbury South railway station]] was sited on the [[Elham Valley Railway]]. The station opened in 1889 and closed, along with the rest of the railway, in 1947.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hart |first=Brian |title=The Elham Valley Railway |publisher=Wild Swan Books |year=2015 |isbn=9780953877126 |location=Bath}}</ref>

[[Canterbury West railway station]] is operated by [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Canterbury West Railway Station |url=https://abcrailwayguide.uk/cbw-canterbury-west-railway-station/facilities |website=The ABC Railway Guide |access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610095342/https://abcrailwayguide.uk/cbw-canterbury-west-railway-station/facilities |url-status=live }}</ref> <!--It was opened to trains from [[Ashford International railway station|Ashford]] and [[Ramsgate railway station|Ramsgate]] in 1846.--><!--{{As of|2022}}, it is served by [[High Speed 1]] trains to [[London St Pancras]]; slower stopping services to [[London Charing Cross]], and [[London Victoria]], as well as by trains to Ramsgate and [[Margate railway station|Margate]].{{cn|date=December 2022}}-->
[[Canterbury East railway station]], (Canterbury's other station) is also operated by Southeastern.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canterbury East Railway Station |url=https://abcrailwayguide.uk/cbe-canterbury-east-railway-station/facilities |website=The ABC Railway Guide |access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610095705/https://abcrailwayguide.uk/cbe-canterbury-east-railway-station/facilities |url-status=live }}</ref><!--was opened by the [[London, Chatham & Dover Railway]] in 1860.--><!--{{As of|2022}}, services from [[London Victoria]] stop at Canterbury East and continue to [[Dover Priory railway station|Dover]].{{cn|date=December 2022}}--> There is no direct interchange between Canterbury West and Canterbury East stations because the two railways into the city were built by rival companies. [[Canterbury Parkway railway station]] has been proposed as an additional station outside of the city, with links to both lines.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 August 2018 |title=MP Rosie Duffield in talks over proposals for new Canterbury Parkway railway station |work=Kent Online |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/mp-in-talks-over-third-train-station-188985/ |url-status=live |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109031453/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/mp-in-talks-over-third-train-station-188985/ |archive-date=9 November 2020}}</ref>