Knockholt railway station
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| Knockholt | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Chelsfield | ||
| Local authority | Bromley | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | KCK | ||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.142 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.157 million | ||
| Transport for London | |||
| Zone | 6 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1 May 1876 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Knockholt from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Knockholt railway station is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the London Borough of Bromley, in Travelcard Zone 6 and on the South Eastern Main Line. It is located next to the Greater London boundary with Kent district of Sevenoaks. The boundary is the farm bridge at the southern end of the platforms.
[edit] Location
The station is 4.8 km (3 miles) north-northeast of the village of Knockholt but closer to several other settlements. The station serves several small communities in the Sevenoaks district in addition of Knockholt they are Badgers Mount 1.3 km (0.8 miles) to the southeast, Well Hill 1.3 km (0.8 miles) northeast, and Halstead 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south. Within the Bromley borough Pratts Bottom is only 2 km (1.2 miles) west-southwest; and also Chelsfield although having its own railway station has parts closer to Knockholt station than its own at about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) to the north and west.
[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour southbound to Sevenoaks and one train per hour northbound to London Charing Cross, calling at all stations to Lewisham and then running fast to London Bridge.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Chelsfield | Southeastern South Eastern Main Line via Paddock Wood |
Dunton Green | ||
| Chelsfield | Southeastern London to Tunbridge Wells Stopping services via Sevenoaks |
Dunton Green | ||
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Knockholt railway station from National Rail
- Knockholt railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
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