High Brooms railway station

High Brooms National Rail
Location
Place Tunbridge Wells
Local authority Tunbridge Wells
Coordinates 51°08′56″N 0°16′37″E / 51.149°N 0.277°E / 51.149; 0.277Coordinates: 51°08′56″N 0°16′37″E / 51.149°N 0.277°E / 51.149; 0.277
Grid reference TQ592413
Operations
Station code HIB
Managed by Southeastern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 1.084 million
2013/14 Decrease 1.055 million
2014/15 Increase 1.153 million
2015/16 Increase 1.209 million
2016/17 Increase 1.227 million
History
Key dates Opened 1893 (1893)
Original company South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
1 March 1893 Opened as Southborough
21 September 1925 Renamed High Brooms
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at High Brooms from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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High Brooms railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves High Brooms and Southborough in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. It is 32 miles 70 chains (52.9 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells stations. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

High Brooms was originally opened in 1893 as Southborough by the South Eastern Railway; it acquired its present name in 1925. It is situated on a five-mile gradient from the north of the station.[1] The main station buildings are on the northbound platform. There is a closed waiting room on the southbound platform. Access to the southbound platform is via stairs from a side entrance, and access to the northbound platform is at street level. A subway links the two platforms.

Services

The typical off-peak service from this station is:

  • 4 trains per hour (tph) to Charing Cross
  • 2 tph to Tunbridge Wells
  • 2 tph to Hastings
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Tonbridge   Southeastern
Hastings Line		   Tunbridge Wells
  Historical railways  
Tonbridge   British Rail
Southern Region
Cuckoo Line		   Tunbridge Wells
Central

References

  1. ↑ Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region (1984), page 110. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. ISBN 0-85059-664-5
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