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New Hythe railway station

Coordinates: 51°18′47″N 0°27′18″E / 51.313°N 0.455°E / 51.313; 0.455
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New Hythe
General information
LocationTonbridge and Malling
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNHE
History
Opened9 December 1929

New Hythe railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England, and serves New Hythe. The APTIS-equipped ticket office, in a 1930s building on the northbound platform, closed in September 1989 and subsequently became derelict. In 2007, a PERTIS (Permit to Travel) ticket machine was installed at the entrance to the northbound platform.

History

Although the line between Strood and Maidstone, on which New Hythe lies, was completed in 1856, no trains called there until 9 December 1929, when New Hythe Halt, a timber-built halt, was opened to serve the huge paper mill complex which had been established beside the line. The present, more substantial station was constructed in 1936, and the line was electrified in 1939.[1]

Services

All train services are provided by Southeastern, who also manage the station. The typical off-peak service from New Hythe is two trains per hour to Maidstone West, with alternate trains extended to Paddock Wood and Tonbridge, and two trains an hour to Strood, for connections to London.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Snodland   Southeastern
Medway Valley Line
  Aylesford

Sources

  • Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-321-4. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |month= (help)

References

  1. ^ Southern Railway Halts p52

51°18′47″N 0°27′18″E / 51.313°N 0.455°E / 51.313; 0.455