Cowden railway station
Cowden railway station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted line in southern England and serves Cowden in Kent. It is 29 miles 26 chains (47.19 km) from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern.
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Location | |
Place | Cowden |
Local authority | District of Sevenoaks |
Grid reference | TQ476417 |
Operations | |
Station code | CWN |
Managed by | Southern |
Number of platforms | 1 |
DfT category | F2 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
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History | |
Key dates | Opened 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 Cowden from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. |
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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 station was destaffed in the 1990s. When the line was singled in 1990 the "up" platform was taken out of use and all trains now use the former "down" platform. The track is not electrified, so only diesel or steam trains can run.
In 1994 a serious accident occurred just south of the station.
Facilities
Cowden station is unstaffed and tickets must be bought from the self-service ticket machine at the station.
The station has passenger help points and covered seating areas available on its platform. The station also has a small car park and cycle rack at the station entrance.
Step free access is available to the platform at Cowden.[1]
Services
All services at Cowden are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs. The current off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 1 tph to London Bridge via Oxted
- 1 tph to Uckfield
Services increase to 2 tph in each direction during the peak hours.
On Sundays, the northbound service runs as far as Oxted only.
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Southern Oxted Line Uckfield Branch |
References
- "Cowden Station Information". Southern, July 2020.
- "Timetable 29: Uckfield and East Grinstead to London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.