Higham railway station, Kent
Higham 
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| Location | |
| Place | Higham |
| Local authority | Borough of Gravesham |
| Grid reference | TQ715726 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HGM |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.191 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.183 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.181 million |
| 2014/15 |
 0.182 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.187 million |
| History | |
| Original company |
Gravesend and Rochester Railway South Eastern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 8 Feb 1845 | Opened |
| 13 December 1846 | Closed (G & R) |
| 23 Aug 1847 | Reopened (SE) |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Higham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Coordinates: 51°25′36.12″N 0°27′58.71″E / 51.4267000°N 0.4663083°E
Higham railway station is in the hamlet of Lower Higham in North Kent. The village of Higham is about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south. Train services are operated by Southeastern.
The ticket office, on the 'up' side, is situated in the substantial station building. This is manned only during part of the day; at other times a PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine issues 'Permits to Travel' - which are exchanged on-train or at manned stations for travel tickets - and is located at the entrance to the up platform, at the foot of the staircase.
From Higham to Strood, the railway passes through a tunnel built for the Thames and Medway Canal, and the station building was converted from the home of the canal towing contractor. The waiting room was heated by the original open fire until as recently as the 1980s.
One of the more unusual pieces of freight handled by the station was a Swiss chalet, in 94 separate pieces, packed into 58 boxes. It arrived over Christmas 1864 as a gift for Charles Dickens at nearby Gad's Hill.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, L, H, C and there was a 1-ton 2 cwt crane.
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
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