Hever railway station

Hever National Rail
Location
Place Hever
Local authority District of Sevenoaks
Grid reference TQ465445
Operations
Station code HEV
Managed by Southern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   10,381
2005/06 Increase 17,132
2006/07 Increase 21,573
2007/08 Increase 26,547
2008/09 Increase 31,160
2009/10 Decrease 31,000
2010/11 Increase 34,606
2011/12 Decrease 33,576
2012/13 Increase 35,698
2013/14 Increase 38,500
2014/15 Decrease 37,846
History
Key dates Opened 1 October 1888 (1 October 1888)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hever from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hever railway station serves Hever in Kent, in England. Train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line.

Hever Castle is around a 1 mile (1.6 km) walk from the station.

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 October 1888. It passed onto the Southern Railway in 1923 and to British Railways in 1948. The signal box was built into the station building and remained in use until the line was resignalled in January 1990 when the station was destaffed.

Services

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Bridge via Oxted and one train per hour to Uckfield.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Edenbridge Town   Southern
Oxted Line
Uckfield branch		   Cowden

Coordinates: 51°10′52″N 0°05′42″E / 51.181°N 0.095°E / 51.181; 0.095


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