New Hythe railway station

New Hythe
Location	New Hythe, Tonbridge and Malling England
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
Snodland		Southeastern Medway Valley Line		Aylesford

References[]

• 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 / 51.313; 0.455

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