Hayes railway station

Hayes
Hayes Location of Hayes in Greater London
Location	Hayes
Local authority	London Borough of Bromley
Grid reference	TQ400661
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	HYS
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	1.143 million
2012–13	1.156 million
2013–14	1.233 million
2014–15	1.278 million
2015–16	1.127 million
Key dates
29 May 1882	Opened
1925	Electrification
1933	Rebuilt
1940	Bombed
1956	Rebuilt
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°22′35″N 0°00′37″E / 51.3765°N 0.0102°E / 51.3765; 0.0102Coordinates: 51°22′35″N 0°00′37″E / 51.3765°N 0.0102°E / 51.3765; 0.0102

Hayes railway station is a railway station located in Hayes in the London Borough of Bromley, south east London, England.

The station is served by Southeastern services from Charing Cross and Cannon Street. It forms the suburban terminus for trains on the Hayes line. For historical reasons, and to avoid confusion with Hayes & Harlington, the station is still referred to as "Hayes (Kent)" on most timetables.

The Mid-Kent line was built by the Mid Kent and North Kent Junction and was operated on opening as far as Beckenham Junction on 1 January 1857 by the South Eastern Railway(SER). The line was extended to Addiscombe in 1864 and Elmers End (the future junction for the Hayes branch) was opened that year.

The Hayes branch line from Elmers End was built by the West Wickham & Hayes Railway, but was sold to the South Eastern Railway on the opening day, 29 May 1882. Initially the 13 weekday and four Sunday services operated as far as Elmers End where they connected with Addiscombe to London trains. The initial layout at Hayes consisted of a single platform with a locomotive turntable at the far end. A goods yard was provided on the south side of the station and a 33-lever signal box was provided.

In 1898 the South Eastern Railway and the London Chatham and Dover Railway agreed to work as one railway company under the name of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and Hayes became a SE&CR station.

By 1912 services had increased to 15 each way but only two of these actually operated through to London the rest terminating at Elmers End. In 1909 however the 8:37 a.m. Hayes - Charing Cross service was formed of Continental boat train stock where on arrival it was used to work the 10:00 a.m. Charing Cross- Folkestone boat train.