Leigh railway station

Leigh (Kent)
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General information
Location	Sevenoaks
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LIH
Key dates
1 Sep 1911	Opened (Leigh Halt)
Apr 1917	Renamed (Lyghe Halt)
1960	Renamed (Leigh Halt)
5 May 1969	Renamed (Leigh)
1993	Electrified

Leigh railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Leigh in Kent, England. 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 as in 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 is one train per hour east to Tonbridge railway station, and west to London Victoria via Redhill and East Croydon.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Penshurst		Southern Redhill to Tonbridge Line		Tonbridge

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.

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[Butt-1] 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.

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