Edenbridge Town railway station

Edenbridge Town railway station is one of two stations serving Edenbridge in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southern, and it is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted line, 25 miles 47 chains (41.18 km) from London Bridge.

Edenbridge Town
Location
PlaceEdenbridge
Local authorityDistrict of Sevenoaks
Grid referenceTQ445465
Operations
Station codeEBT
Managed bySouthern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.272 million
– Interchange  0.154 million
2015/16 0.279 million
– Interchange  40,569
2016/17 0.253 million
– Interchange  17,027
2017/18 0.270 million
– Interchange  45,915
2018/19 0.302 million
– Interchange  13,252
History
Key datesOpened 2 January 1888 (2 January 1888)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Edenbridge Town from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Edenbridge Town railway station.

Facilities and Connections

The station has a ticket office which is staffed during Monday-Saturday mornings (06:30-13:05 Mon-Fri, 07:00-13:30 Sat). At other times, the station is unstaffed and tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine at the station.

The station has passenger help points and covered seating areas available on both platforms which are linked by a subway. There are also toilets at the station which are open when the station is staffed. The station has a free car park (operated by Saba Parking) and taxi-rank at its main entrance.[1] There is also a cycle rack at the station entrance.

The London bound platform is accessible without steps although the Uckfield bound platform is only reachable by the stepped subway so isn't accessible. [2]

The station is served by the Metrobus routes 231 & 233 buses which provide connections to Penshurst and Tunbridge Wells as well as the Southdown PSV route 236 to Oxted, Westerham and East Grinstead.[3][4]

Services

All services at Edenbridge Town are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs. The current off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]

Services increase to 2 tph in each direction during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the northbound service runs as far as Oxted only.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Southern
Oxted Line
Uckfield Branch
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See also

References
  1. "Saba Parking UK". www.sabaparking.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. "Edenbridge Town Station Information". Southern, August 2020.
  3. "Routes 231/233 timetable: Edenbridge to Tunbridge Wells" (PDF). Metrobus, June 2020.
  4. "Route 236 timetable: Oxted to East Grinstead". Southdown PSV, August 2020.
  5. "Timetable 29: Uckfield and East Grinstead to London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.

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