Hever railway station
Hever | |
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Location | |
Place | Hever |
Local authority | District of Sevenoaks |
Grid reference | TQ465445 |
Operations | |
Station code | HEV |
Managed by | Southern |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | F2 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2004/05 | 10,381 |
2005/06 | 17,132 |
2006/07 | 21,573 |
2007/08 | 26,547 |
2008/09 | 31,160 |
2009/10 | 31,000 |
2010/11 | 34,606 |
2011/12 | 33,576 |
2012/13 | 35,698 |
2013/14 | 38,500 |
2014/15 | 37,846 |
History | |
Key dates | Opened 1 October 1888 |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hever from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Hever railway station serves Hever in Kent, in England. Train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line.
Hever Castle is around 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.
Services
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Bridge via Oxted and one train per hour to Uckfield.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Edenbridge Town | Southern Oxted Line Uckfield branch |
Cowden |
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Coordinates: 51°10′52″N 0°05′42″E / 51.181°N 0.095°E
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