High Brooms railway station

High Brooms railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves High Brooms and Southborough in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. It is 32 miles 70 chains (52.9 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

High Brooms
The station in 2007
Location
Place	Tunbridge Wells
Local authority	Tunbridge Wells
Coordinates	51.149°N 0.277°E / 51.149; 0.277
Grid reference	TQ592413
Operations
Station code	HIB
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	1.153 million
2015/16	1.209 million
2016/17	1.227 million
2017/18	1.225 million
2018/19	1.257 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1893 (1893)
Original company	South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
1 March 1893	Opened as Southborough
21 September 1925	Renamed High Brooms
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at High Brooms from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

High Brooms was originally opened in 1893 as Southborough by the South Eastern Railway; it acquired its present name in 1925. It is situated on a five-mile gradient from Tonbridge to the north of the station.[1] The main station buildings are on the northbound platform. There is a closed waiting room on the southbound platform. Access to the southbound platform is via stairs from a side entrance, and access to the northbound platform is at street level. A subway links the two platforms.

Services

All services at High Brooms are operated by Southeastern. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [2]

• 4 tph to London Charing Cross via Sevenoaks
• 2 tph to Tunbridge Wells
• 2 tph to Hastings (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tonbridge		Southeastern Hastings Line		Tunbridge Wells
	Historical railways
Tonbridge		British Rail Southern Region Cuckoo Line		Tunbridge Wells Central

Gallery

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  East side entrance
• 
  Disused building on the Down platform
• 
  Class 377 EMU departs from the Down platform

References

1. Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region (1984), page 110. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. ISBN 0-85059-664-5
2. "Timetable 4: London to Tunbridge Wells and Hastings" (PDF). Southeastern, December 2019.

External links

• Train times and station information for High Brooms railway station from National Rail