High Brooms railway station
High Brooms  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Tunbridge Wells |
| Local authority | Tunbridge Wells |
| Coordinates | 51°08′56″N 0°16′37″E / 51.149°N 0.277°ECoordinates: 51°08′56″N 0°16′37″E / 51.149°N 0.277°E |
| Grid reference | TQ592413 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HIB |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.722 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.767 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.817 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.849 million |
| 2008/09 |
 0.847 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.946 million |
| 2010/11 |
1.047 million |
| 2011/12 |
1.107 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.084 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1893 |
| Original company | South Eastern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 1 March 1893 | Opened as Southborough |
| 21 September 1925 | Renamed High Brooms |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at High Brooms from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
High Brooms railway station is on the Hastings Line and serves High Brooms, a suburb on the northern side of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. It is also the nearest station to the town of Southborough.
High Brooms was originally opened in 1893 as Southborough by the South Eastern Railway; it acquired its present name in 1925. It is situated on a five-mile gradient from the north of the station.[1] The main station buildings are on the northbound platform. There is a closed waiting room on the southbound platform. Access to the southbound platform is via stairs from a side entrance, and access to the northbound platform is at street level. A subway links the two platforms.
Services
The typical off-peak service from this station is:
- 4 trains per hour (tph) to Charing Cross
- 2 tph to Tunbridge Wells
- 2 tph to Hastings
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Tonbridge | Southeastern Hastings Line |
Tunbridge Wells | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Tonbridge | British Rail Southern Region Cuckoo Line |
Tunbridge Wells Central | ||
Gallery
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East side entrance
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Disused building on the Down platform
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Class 377 EMU departs from the Down platform
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A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around High Brooms railway station
References
- ↑ Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region (1984), page 110. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. ISBN 0-85059-664-5
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to High Brooms railway station. |
- Train times and station information for High Brooms railway station from National Rail
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