New Hythe railway station

railway station in Kent, England

New Hythe railway station is a railway station in New Hythe, Kent. The station is on the Medway Valley Line.

New Hythe National Rail
Location
PlaceNew Hythe
Local authorityTonbridge and Malling
Grid referenceTQ711599
Operations
Station codeNHE
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms in use2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
History
Key datesOpened 9 December 1929 (9 December 1929)
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History change

The line between Strood and Maidstone, on which New Hythe lies, was completed in 1856. However, no trains went there until 9 December 1929. At that time, New Hythe Halt, a timber-built halt, was opened to serve the huge paper mill which was next to the line. The present station was constructed in 1936. The line was electrified in 1939.[1]

Services change

All train services are provided by Southeastern. The typical off-peak service from New Hythe is two trains per hour to Maidstone West, with alternate trains extended to Paddock Wood and Tonbridge, and two trains an hour to Strood, for connections to London.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Snodland   Southeastern
Medway Valley Line
  Aylesford

Sources change

  • Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.

References change

  1. Southern Railway Halts p52

Other websites change