High Brooms railway station

Infobox UK station
name = High Brooms


code = HIB
manager = Southeastern
locale = Tunbridge Wells
borough = Tunbridge Wells
usage0405 = 0.722
usage0506 = 0.767
usage0607 = 0.817
platforms = 2
start = 1893

High Brooms railway station is on the Hastings Line and serves High Brooms, a suburb on the northern side of 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. [Body, Geoffrey. "PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region" (1984), page 110. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. ISBN 0-85059-664-5] 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.

ervices

The typical services from this station are:
*2 trains per hour (tph) to Charing Cross
*2 tph to Hastings (one semi-fast, one slow)
*4 tph to Tunbridge Wells
*1 tph to Horsham (via Redhill)
*1 tph to London Bridge (also via Redhill)

There are also some additional services to and from Cannon Street.

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