Hurst Green railway station

Hurst Green railway station is on the Oxted line in southern England and serves Hurst Green in Surrey. It is 21 miles 20 chains (34.20 km) from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern.

Hurst Green
Class 171 Turbostar on Platform 1
Location
Place	Hurst Green
Local authority	District of Tandridge
Grid reference	TQ399513
Operations
Station code	HUR
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.656 million
– Interchange	0.112 million
2015/16	0.668 million
– Interchange	0.116 million
2016/17	0.635 million
– Interchange	0.103 million
2017/18	0.662 million
– Interchange	0.102 million
2018/19	0.694 million
– Interchange	72,609
History
1 June 1907	Opened (Hurst Green Halt)
12 June 1961	New station opened to replace Halt
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hurst Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Hurst Green railway station.

On the London-bound platform is a manned ticket office (staffed for most of the day) and a self-service passenger-operated ticket machine is located outside the station on the London-bound side. A self-service PERTIS (permit to travel) passenger-operated coin-in-the-slot ticket machine is available on London-bound Platform 1 for use when the ticket office is closed.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]

• 2 tph to London Victoria (calls at all stations between Oxted and East Croydon)
• 1 tph to London Bridge (runs non-stop between Oxted and East Croydon)
• 2 tph to East Grinstead
• 1 tph to Uckfield via Crowborough

During the Monday-Friday peak hours, there are additional trains between Bedford and East Grinstead, operated by Thameslink.

On Sundays, the service to London Bridge terminates at Oxted.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Oxted		Southern East Grinstead Line		Lingfield
Oxted		Southern Uckfield Line		Edenbridge Town
Oxted		Thameslink Bedford to East Grinstead Peak Hours Only		Lingfield

History

The original Hurst Green Halt opened 1 June 1907 with short wooden platforms, sited between the road bridge and the junction of the East Grinstead/Uckfield lines. This halt was closed on 12 June 1961 and the present station was opened on the northside of the bridge.

References

1. "Timetable 29: Uckfield and East Grinstead to London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.

External links

• Train times and station information for Hurst Green railway station from National Rail