Hever railway station
Location | Hever, District of Sevenoaks England |
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Grid reference | TQ465445 |
Managed by | Southern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | HEV |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Opened | 1 October 1888 |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 35,800 |
2017/18 | 42,948 |
2018/19 | 45,854 |
2019/20 | 50,654 |
2020/21 | 11,154 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Hever railway station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted line in southern England and serves Hever in Kent. It is 27 miles 27 chains (44.00 km) from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern.
Hever Castle is about a 1 mile (1.6 km) walk from the station.
History[]
The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 October 1888. It passed onto the Southern Railway in 1923 and to British Railways in 1948. The signal box was built into the station building and remained in use until the line was resignalled in January 1990 when the station was destaffed.
Facilities[]
Hever station is unstaffed and tickets must be bought from the self-service ticket machine at the station.
The station has passenger help points and covered seating areas available on both platforms. The station has a small cycle rack located on the Uckfield bound platform.
The Uckfield bound platform is accessible without steps however the London bound platform is only reachable by the stepped footbridge so isn't accessible.[1]
Services[]
All services at Hever are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs. The current off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 1 tph to London Bridge via Oxted
- 1 tph to Uckfield
Services increase to 2 tph in each direction during the peak hours.
On Sundays, the northbound service runs as far as Oxted only.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southern Oxted Line Uckfield Branch |
References[]
- ^ "Hever Station Information". Southern, July 2020.
- ^ "Timetable 29: Uckfield and East Grinstead to London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hever railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Hever railway station from National Rail
- Buildings and structures in Sevenoaks District
- Railway stations in Kent
- Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1888
- Railway stations served by Southern