Otford railway station

Otford railway station serves Otford in Kent. It is 24 miles 6 chains (38.7 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern and Thameslink.

For the station in Australia, see Otford railway station, New South Wales.

Otford
Location
PlaceOtford
Local authorityDistrict of Sevenoaks
Grid referenceTQ532593
Operations
Station codeOTF
Managed bySoutheastern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryD
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.381 million
– Interchange  47,393
2015/16 0.388 million
– Interchange  32,896
2016/17 0.408 million
– Interchange  49,395
2017/18 0.426 million
– Interchange  54,884
2018/19 0.429 million
– Interchange  35,950
History
Original companyLondon, Chatham and Dover Railway
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
1 June 1874Otford Junction opened
1 November 1880Otford Junction closed
1 August 1882Otford opened
1904Renamed Otford Junction
7 July 1929Renamed Otford
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Otford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The first station at Otford opened on 1 June 1874. It was located at the point where the lines to Bat & Ball and Maidstone diverge (TQ534584). It was purely an exchange station, with no access for the villagers of Otford. The station closed on 1 November 1880.[1] The current Otford station opened on 1 August 1882. It was renamed Otford Junction in 1904, reverting to its original name on 7 July 1929.[2] The station had two through platforms and a bay platform, which was used by shuttle trains to Sevenoaks (Tubs Hill).[3] The yard had two sidings, one of which served a goods shed.[4] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 7 May 1962.[5]

Services

Services at Otford are operated by Thameslink and Southeastern. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6][7]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Thameslink
Southeastern
  • Station platforms

References
  1. Mitchell & Smith 1994, Otford Junction.
  2. Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 27.
  3. Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 30.
  4. Mitchell & Smith 1994, Otford.
  5. Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 34.
  6. "Timetable 03: London to Orpington and Sevenoaks" (PDF). Thameslink, December 2019.
  7. "Timetable 3: London to Ashford via Maidstone East" (PDF). Southeastern, December 2019.
Sources
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1994). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 45 6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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