Bat & Ball railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Bat & Ball
code = BBL


manager = Southeastern
locale = Sevenoaks
borough = Sevenoaks
lowusage0405 = 68,671
lowusage0506 = 71,586
lowusage0607 = 91,963
platforms = 2
years = 2 June 1862
events = Opened as "Sevenoaks"
years1 = 1 August 1869
events1 = Renamed (Sevenoaks Bat & Ball)
years2 = 1 January 1917
events2 = Closed
years3 = 1 March 1919
events3 = Reopened
years4 = 5 June 1950
events4 = Renamed (Bat & Ball) [Butt, R.V.J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 29.]

Bat & Ball railway station is located on Bat & Ball Road in Sevenoaks in Kent. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

The station opened in 1862. It was previously named "Sevenoaks Bat & Ball" and was renamed in 1950. The name derives from the "Bat & Ball Inn", which no longer exists.

Bat and Ball station is in a relatively poor state of repair, and is unstaffed. There are no ticket facilities available from this station, meaning that many people need to use nearby Sevenoaks station.

ervices

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour southbound to Sevenoaks and two trains per hour northbound to London Blackfriars, calling at all stations via Bromley South, Catford and Elephant & Castle.

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