Knockholt station
Knockholt 
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 Knockholt
Location of Knockholt in Greater London
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| Location | Chelsfield |
| Local authority | London Borough of Bromley |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Station code | KCK |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 6 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.323 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.367 million |
| 2013–14 |
 0.321 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.343 million |
| 2015–16 |
0.287 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1876 | Opened as Halstead |
| 1 Oct 1900 | renamed Knockholt |
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| WGS84 | 51°20′45″N 0°07′51″E / 51.3459°N 0.1307°ECoordinates: 51°20′45″N 0°07′51″E / 51.3459°N 0.1307°E |
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Knockholt railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line, located in the London Borough of Bromley, south-east London. It is 16 miles 44 chains (26.6 km) down-line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Chelsfield and Dunton Green stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 6 and is located next to the Greater London boundary with the Kent district of Sevenoaks. The boundary is the farm bridge at the southern end of the platforms.
The station is 4.8 km (3.0 mi) north-northeast of the village of Knockholt but closer to several other settlements. The station serves several small communities in the Sevenoaks district in addition to Knockholt; Badgers Mount 1.3 km (0.81 mi) to the southeast, Well Hill 1.3 km (0.81 mi) northeast, and Halstead 2.2 km (1.4 mi) south. Within the Bromley borough Pratts Bottom is only 2 km (1.2 mi) west-southwest; and also Chelsfield (although having its own railway station, is in parts closer to Knockholt station) at about 2.7 km (1.7 mi) to the north and west. Many people often wonder why the station is not named after the village within it sits. To avoid confusion with Halstead in Essex, and due to Badgers Mount not entirely fulfilling the criteria for being a village, it was named after the next closest village, which is of course Knockholt.
The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour southbound to Sevenoaks and two trains per hour northbound to London Charing Cross, calling at all stations to Hither Green and then running fast to London Bridge.
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