Leigh railway station
Leigh (Kent) | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Sevenoaks |
| Coordinates | 51°11′38″N 0°12′40″E / 51.194°N 0.211°E |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | LIH |
| Key dates | |
| 1 Sep 1911[1] | Opened (Leigh Halt) |
| Apr 1917[1] | Renamed (Lyghe Halt) |
| 1960[1] | Renamed (Leigh Halt) |
| 5 May 1969[1] | Renamed (Leigh) |
| 1993 | Electrified |
Leigh railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Leigh in Kent, England. It is 39 miles 56 chains (39.70 miles, 63.89 km) measured from London Charing Cross via Redhill. It opened as "Leigh Halt" in 1911; was renamed "Lyghe Halt" in 1917; "Leigh Halt" again about 1960; and "Leigh" in 1969. (Leigh is pronounced /laɪ/ (lie)—identical with the name of Lye railway station in the West Midlands.). The station was destaffed in 1967.
In 1993 the line was electrified and services started to run through to London rather than being an extension of the Reading to Tonbridge North Downs Line service.
In 2007, a PERTIS machine was installed at the street entrance to the Tonbridge-bound platform. The station was until December 2008 operated by Southeastern before it transferred to Southern, whose green signage was installed before October 2008.
Services
The typical off peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern |
References
- ^ a b c d Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ "Timetable 30: Redhill to Tonbridge" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
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