High Brooms railway station

High Brooms
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
DfT category	D
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
2013/14	1.055 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
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* 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 and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

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:

• 2 trains per hour (tph) to Charing Cross
• 2 tph to Cannon Street
• 2 tph to Tunbridge Wells
• 2 tph to Hastings

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

1. Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region (1984), page 110. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. ISBN 0-85059-664-5

External links

• Train times and station information for High Brooms railway station from National Rail