Leigh railway station

Leigh railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Leigh in Kent, England. It is 39 miles 56 chains (63.89 km) measured from London Charing Cross via Redhill. It opened as "Leigh Halt" in 1911; was renamed "Lyghe Halt" in 1917; "Leigh Halt" again about 1960; and "Leigh" in 1969. (Leigh is pronounced /laɪ/ (lie)—identical with the name of Lye railway station in the West Midlands.). The station was destaffed in 1967.

For other stations with the same name, see Leigh railway station (disambiguation).

Leigh (Kent)
Location
PlaceLeigh
Local authoritySevenoaks
Coordinates51.194°N 0.211°E / 51.194; 0.211
Grid referenceTQ546461
Operations
Station codeLIH
Managed bySouthern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 45,126
2015/16 48,452
2016/17 44,358
2017/18 41,744
2018/19 46,090
History
1 Sep 1911[1]Opened (Leigh Halt)
Apr 1917[1]Renamed (Lyghe Halt)
1960[1]Renamed (Leigh Halt)
5 May 1969[1]Renamed (Leigh)
1993Electrified
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Leigh (Kent) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

In 1993 the line was electrified and services started to run through to London rather than being an extension of the Reading to Tonbridge North Downs Line service.

In 2007, a PERTIS machine was installed at the street entrance to the Tonbridge-bound platform. The station was until December 2008 operated by Southeastern before it transferred to Southern, whose green signage was installed before October 2008.

Services

The typical off peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Southern

References
  1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  2. "Timetable 30: Redhill to Tonbridge" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.


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