High Brooms | |
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Location | |
Place | Tunbridge Wells |
Local authority | Tunbridge Wells |
Coordinates | 51°08′56″N 0°16′37″E / 51.149°N 0.277°ECoordinates: 51°08′56″N 0°16′37″E / 51.149°N 0.277°E |
Grid reference | TQ592413 |
Operations | |
Station code | HIB |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | D |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2011/12 | 1.107 million |
2012/13 | 1.084 million |
2013/14 | 1.055 million |
2014/15 | 1.153 million |
2015/16 | 1.209 million |
History | |
Key dates | Opened 1893 |
Original company | South Eastern Railway |
Pre-grouping | South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
1 March 1893 | Opened as Southborough |
21 September 1925 | Renamed High Brooms |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at High Brooms from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
High Brooms railway station is on the Hastings Line and serves High Brooms and Southborough in Tunbridge Wells in Kent. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.
High Brooms was originally opened in 1893 as Southborough by the South Eastern Railway; it acquired its present name in 1925. It is situated on a five-mile gradient from the north of the station. The main station buildings are on the northbound platform. There is a closed waiting room on the southbound platform. Access to the southbound platform is via stairs from a side entrance, and access to the northbound platform is at street level. A subway links the two platforms.
The typical off-peak service from this station is:
East side entrance
Disused building on the Down platform
Class 377 EMU departs from the Down platform