Higham railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Higham
code = HGM


manager = Southeastern
locale = Higham
borough = Gravesham
usage0405 = 0.205
usage0506 = 0.185
usage0607 = 0.205
platforms = 2
start = 8 February 1845

Higham railway station is in the hamlet of Lower Higham in North Kent. The village of Higham is about a mile to the south. Train services are operated by Southeastern.

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 contactor. 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 [ [http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/gallery/36.html The Chalet in the Shrubbery] - Retrieved 4 January 2006] .

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

*2tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross via Dartford, Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich
*2tph to Gillingham

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North Kent Line|route2=Southeastern
High Speed 1
London-Rochester
(not yet operational)
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