Sevenoaks railway station

Sevenoaks
Location
Place	Sevenoaks
Local authority	Sevenoaks
Operations
Station code	SEV
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms in use	4
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	3.501 million
2005/06 *	3.585 million
2006/07 *	3.805 million
2007/08 *	4.005 million
History
Opened 2 March 1868 (2 March 1868)
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sevenoaks from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Sevenoaks railway station serves the town of Sevenoaks in Kent. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

Trains from the station run northbound to London Bridge, Cannon Street (direct at peak times), Waterloo East and London Charing Cross via Orpington, to London Blackfriars via Swanley and Catford, and southbound to Ashford International and Ramsgate via Dover Priory, and also Tunbridge Wells and Hastings.

History

Sevenoaks (formerly known as "Tubb's Hill", after the adjacent area) - was opened on 2 March 1868. There is a second station, on the branch to Swanley Junction, serving the north end of the town, opened earlier (2 June 1862). It is named after the Bat & Ball local inn which is now closed.

Sevenoaks was the scene of a serious railway accident on 24 August 1927, when a passenger train hit a road bridge after the locomotive became derailed. Thirteen people were killed.

The two lines to Sevenoaks were electrified in January 1935. It was the first station in Britain to be re-built with the later well-known British Rail red, white and blue colouring. The station was reconstructed in the 1970s a new ticket office was built replacing the old wooden S.E.R. building. Two additional side platforms were also abolished.

Sevenoaks is part of the rail franchise which, post-privatisation, was served by Connex South Eastern. Subsequent to their 'sacking' in 2003 due to poor performance, services were operated by South Eastern Trains, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA). On 1 April 2006, Southeastern, owned by Govia, took over management of the station as part of the new Integrated Kent Franchise.

Services

Travel times to and from Charing Cross are between 30 and 60 minutes.

The current typical range of off-peak services from this station include:

• 6 tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross (Fast Service)
• 2 tph to London Charing Cross (Stopping service via Grove Park)
• 2 tph to Kentish Town (Stopping service via Swanley and Bromley South)
• 2 tph to Hastings via Tunbridge Wells (one semi-fast, one slow)
• 2 tph to Tunbridge Wells

Platforms

Platfrom 1- Fast trains to Charing Cross and Cannon Street

Platfrom 2- Slow trains to Charing Cross and Cannon Street

Platfrom 3- All trains to Tunbridge Wells, Hastings, Ashford International, Margate and Ramsgate.

Platfrom 4- Trains to Blackfriars, St Albans, Luton and Bedford

From 22 March 2009 the trains to Blackfriars were extended through to Kentish Town off-peak, and some services through to St Albans, Luton and Bedford.

During the peak period trains also serve London Cannon Street, City Thameslink. Also during the peak hours - some country bound services also serve Canterbury West, Dover Priory and Margate.

External links

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

Coordinates: 51°16′35″N 0°10′54″E / 51.27639°N 0.18167°E / 51.27639; 0.18167