Sevenoaks railway station

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Sevenoaks

Location

Place

Sevenoaks

Local authority

Sevenoaks

Operations

Managed by

Southeastern

Platforms in use

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

3.501 million

2005/06 *

3.585 million

History

Key dates

Opened 2 March 1868

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sevenoaks from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Sevenoaks railway station serves the town of Sevenoaks in Kent. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

Trains from the station run northbound to London Bridge, Cannon Street (direct at peak times), Waterloo East and London Charing Cross via Orpington, to London Blackfriars via Swanley and Catford, and southbound to Ashford International and Ramsgate via Dover Priory, and also Tunbridge Wells and Hastings.

[edit] History

Sevenoaks (formerly known as "Tub's Hill", after the adjacent area) - was opened on 2 March 1868. There is a second station, on the branch to Swanley Junction, serving the north end of the town, opened earlier (2 June 1862). It is named after the local inn (now closed) - Bat & Ball.

Sevenoaks was the scene of a serious railway accident on 24 August 1927, when a passenger train ran out of control down the bank from the north. Thirteen people were killed.

The two lines to Sevenoaks was electrified in January 1935. It was the first station in Britain to be re-built with the later well-known British Rail red, white and blue colouring.

Sevenoaks is part of the rail franchise which, post-privatisation, was served by Connex South Eastern. Subsequent to their 'sacking' in 2003 due to poor performance, services were operated by South Eastern Trains, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA). On 1 April 2006, Southeastern, owned by Govia, took over management of the station as part of the new Integrated Kent Franchise.

[edit] Services

Travel times to and from Charing Cross are between 30 and 60 minutes.

The current typical range of off-peak services from this station include:

4 tph to London Charing Cross (Fast Service)
1 tph to London Charing Cross (Stopping service via Grove Park)
2 tph to London Blackfriars (Stopping service via Bromley South)
4 tph to Tonbridge (for onward connections to East Kent)
2 tph to Hastings via Tunbridge Wells (one semi-fast, one slow)
2 tph to Ashford International

During the peak period trains also serve London Cannon Street, City Thameslink & Lewisham. Also during the peak hours - some country bound services also serve Canterbury West, Dover Priory and Margate.

Preceding station		Following station
Dunton Green	Southeastern South Eastern Main Line via Paddock Wood	Hildenborough
London Bridge	Southeastern Hastings Line	Tonbridge
Dunton Green	Southeastern London to Tunbridge Wells Stopping services via Sevenoaks	Hildenborough
Bat & Ball	Southeastern Swanley - Sevenoaks Line	Terminus