New Hythe railway station
Location | New Hythe, Tonbridge and Malling England |
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Grid reference | TQ711599 |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | NHE |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Opened | 9 December 1929 |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 0.125 million |
2017/18 | 0.162 million |
2018/19 | 0.178 million |
2019/20 | 0.185 million |
2020/21 | 50,980 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
New Hythe railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England, serving the village of New Hythe. It is 38 miles 3 chains (61.2 km) down the line from London Charing Cross via Strood and is situated between Snodland and Aylesford. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
The APTIS-equipped ticket office, in a 1930s building on the northbound platform, closed in September 1989 and subsequently became derelict. In 2007, a PERTIS (Permit to Travel) ticket machine was installed at the entrance to the northbound platform.
History[]
Although the line between Strood and Maidstone, on which New Hythe lies, was completed in 1856, the station was not opened until 9 December 1929, when New Hythe Halt, a timber-built halt, was opened to serve the huge paper mill complex which had been established beside the line. The present, more substantial station was constructed in 1936, and the line was electrified in 1939.[1]
Services[]
All services at New Hythe are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 1 tph to Strood
- 1 tph to Tonbridge via Maidstone West
Additional services between Strood and Maidstone West call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the frequency to 2 tph in each direction.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southeastern Medway Valley Line |
References[]
- ^ Kidner 1985, p. 52.
- ^ Table 208 National Rail timetable, May 2020
- Kidner, R.W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Hythe railway station. |
- Train times and station information for New Hythe railway station from National Rail
- History and photographs of the station at Kent Rail
- Stephen Chapman's history of SER lines and services
Coordinates: 51°18′47″N 0°27′18″E / 51.313°N 0.455°E
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Railway stations in Kent
- Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1929
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- Kent railway station stubs