Harrietsham railway station

Harrietsham railway station serves Harrietsham in Kent, England. It is 47 miles 36 chains (76.4 km) down the line from London Victoria.

Harrietsham
Location
PlaceHarrietsham
Local authorityMaidstone
Grid referenceTQ866529
Operations
Station codeHRM
Managed bySoutheastern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 74,412
2015/16 74,950
2016/17 74,566
2017/18 82,776
2018/19 99,320
History
Key datesOpened 1 July 1884 (1 July 1884)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Harrietsham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern.

History

Harrietsham station opened on 1 July 1884 as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's extension of the line from Maidstone to Ashford West.[1] The goods yard was on the up side. It comprised three sidings, one of which served a goods shed.[2] Freight facilities were withdrawn on 1 May 1961. The signal box closed on 5 November 1972.[3]

The ticket office is manned only during the morning peak period; at other times a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, located at the entrance to the up platform, suffices.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Canterbury West via Ashford International, and one train per hour to London Victoria via Maidstone East

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hollingbourne   Southeastern
Maidstone East Line		   Lenham

References
  1. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
  2. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Harrietsham.
  3. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 98.
Sources
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 45 6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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