Otford railway station

Otford railway station serves Otford in Kent. It is 24 miles 6 chains (38.7 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern and Thameslink.

For the station in Australia, see Otford railway station, New South Wales.

Otford
Location
Place	Otford
Local authority	District of Sevenoaks
Grid reference	TQ532593
Operations
Station code	OTF
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	0.381 million
– Interchange	47,393
2015/16	0.388 million
– Interchange	32,896
2016/17	0.408 million
– Interchange	49,395
2017/18	0.426 million
– Interchange	54,884
2018/19	0.429 million
– Interchange	35,950
History
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
1 June 1874	Otford Junction opened
1 November 1880	Otford Junction closed
1 August 1882	Otford opened
1904	Renamed Otford Junction
7 July 1929	Renamed Otford
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Otford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The first station at Otford opened on 1 June 1874. It was located at the point where the lines to Bat & Ball and Maidstone diverge (TQ534584). It was purely an exchange station, with no access for the villagers of Otford. The station closed on 1 November 1880.[1] The current Otford station opened on 1 August 1882. It was renamed Otford Junction in 1904, reverting to its original name on 7 July 1929.[2] The station had two through platforms and a bay platform, which was used by shuttle trains to Sevenoaks (Tubs Hill).[3] The yard had two sidings, one of which served a goods shed.[4] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 7 May 1962.[5]

Services

Services at Otford are operated by Thameslink and Southeastern. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6][7]

• 2 tph to London Victoria (semi-fast)
• 2 tph to London Blackfriars via Catford
• 2 tph to Sevenoaks
• 2 tph to Ashford International via Maidstone East of which 1 continues to Canterbury West

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Shoreham		Thameslink Blackfriars to Sevenoaks		Bat & Ball
Swanley		Southeastern Maidstone East Line		Kemsing

Gallery

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  Station platforms

References

1. Mitchell & Smith 1994, Otford Junction.
2. Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 27.
3. Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 30.
4. Mitchell & Smith 1994, Otford.
5. Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 34.
6. "Timetable 03: London to Orpington and Sevenoaks" (PDF). Thameslink, December 2019.
7. "Timetable 3: London to Ashford via Maidstone East" (PDF). Southeastern, December 2019.

Sources

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1994). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 45 6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Train times and station information for Otford railway station from National Rail