Paddock Wood railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Paddock Wood | ||
| Local authority | Tunbridge Wells | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | PDW | ||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||
| Platforms in use | 3 (was 4) | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2002/03 * | 1.067 million | ||
| 2004/05 * | 1.071 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 1.091 million | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 31 August 1842 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Paddock Wood from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Paddock Wood railway station serves the town of Paddock Wood in Kent. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern. There are three platforms.
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[edit] History
The South Eastern Railway opened a line from Redhill to Ashford and on to Dover in 1842. This bypassed the county town of Maidstone, and a station named Maidstone Road was opened in a rural location on 31 August 1842 to serve the town, eight miles to the north. The village of Paddock Wood developed quickly around the station, which took the name Paddock Wood in 1844 when the branch line to Maidstone West was opened. Another branch line - the Hawkhurst Branch - to the village of Hawkhurst existed between 1892 and 1961 [1].
The station has Up and Down platforms with a pair of fast lines between them. On the Down side, a bay platform is used for the Medway Valley Line services to Maidstone and beyond. A matching bay platform existed on the Up side when the Hawkhurst branch was in operation. The main station building is on the Up platform; there are long canopies on both platforms. Transfer between platforms is by footbridge.[2]
[edit] Services
Trains from the station run to London Charing Cross, to Ashford International and on to Dover Priory and Ramsgate, and to Strood via Maidstone West and the Medway Valley Line.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Tonbridge | Southeastern South Eastern Main Line |
Marden | ||
| Terminus | Southeastern Medway Valley Line |
Beltring | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Terminus | British Rail Southern Region Hawkhurst Branch |
Horsmonden | ||
[edit] Gallery
 Eastward view from the footbridge |
 Class 466 EMU 466009 stands at the bay platform |
 Class 375 EMU 375905 stands at the Down platform |
[edit] References
- ^ Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region (1984), page 142. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. ISBN 0-85059-664-5
- ^ Body, page 143.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Paddock Wood railway station from National Rail
