Ham Street railway station

Ham Street
Location
Place	Hamstreet
Local authority	Ashford
Operations
Station code	HMT
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	58,394
2005/06 *	66,533
2006/07 *	69,731
2007/08 *	76,838
2008/09 *	76,996
2009/10 *	74,596
History
Opened 13 February 1851 (13 February 1851)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ham Street from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Ham Street railway station serves Hamstreet in Kent. It is on a dual-track section of the Marshlink Line, and train services are provided by Southern.

The line is unelectrified and services are operated by Class 171 Turbostar diesel trains.

A staffed booking office is provided in the building on the Ashford-bound platform. PERTIS passenger-operated self-service ticket machines, installed in connection with a Penalty Fares Scheme in 2008, are located on both platforms.

Services

The typical service is:

• 1 train per hour (tph) to Ashford International. Most passengers who wish to travel to London change here.
• 1 train per hour to Brighton, calling at Appledore (Kent), Rye, Hastings, St Leonards Warrior Square, Bexhill, Eastbourne, Hampden Park (Sundays only), Polegate (every day), Berwick (Sundays only), Glynde (Sundays only) and Lewes (every day)
• At peak times an additional shuttle service runs hourly between Ashford International and Rye giving two trains an hour in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Appledore (Kent)		Southern Marshlink Line		Ashford International Terminus

External links

• Train times and station information for Ham Street railway station from National Rail