Higham railway station

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Coordinates: 51°25′36.12″N 0°27′58.71″E / 51.4267, 0.4663083

Higham
Location
Place	Higham
Local authority	Gravesham
Operations
Station code	HGM
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.204 million
2005/06 *	0.185 million
History
Key dates	Opened 8 February 1845
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Higham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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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.

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 ^[1].

[edit] Services

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gravesend		Southeastern North Kent Line		Strood
		Southeastern High Speed 1 London-Rochester (not yet operational)
Disused Railways
Denton Halt		British Rail Southern Region North Kent Line		Strood
Milton Range Halt		British Rail Southern Region North Kent Line		Strood

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Higham railway station from National Rail