Higham railway station
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Higham railway station is in the hamlet of Lower Higham in North Kent. The village of Higham is about a mile to the south. Train services are operated by Southeastern.
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross via Dartford, Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich
- 2tph to Gillingham
From Higham to Strood, the railway passes through a tunnel built for the Thames and Medway Canal, and the station building was converted from the home of the canal towing contactor. The waiting room was heated by the original open fire until as recently as the 1980s.
One of the more unusual pieces of freight handled by the station was a Swiss chalet, in 94 separate pieces, packed into 58 boxes. It arrived over Christmas 1864 as a gift for Charles Dickens at nearby Gad's Hill.
[edit] Reference
- The Chalet in the Shrubbery. Retrieved 4 Jan 2006.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Higham railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Higham railway station from Multimap.com
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| Gravesend | Southeastern North Kent Line |
Strood | ||
| Southeastern CTRL-DS London-Rochester (not yet operational) |
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