- New Hythe railway station
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New Hythe 
Location Place New Hythe Local authority Tonbridge and Malling Operations Station code NHE Managed by Southeastern Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 46,147 2005/06 * 
57,5512006/07 * 63,8902007/08 * 73,1472008/09 * 83,490History Opened 9 December 1929 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at New Hythe from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. New Hythe railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, and serves New Hythe. The APTIS-equipped ticket office, in an imposing 1930s building on the northbound platform, closed in Sept 1989 and subsequently became derelict. In 2007, a PERTIS (Permit to Travel) ticket machine was installed at the entrance to the northbound platform.
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History
Although the line between Strood and Maidstone, on which New Hythe lies, was completed in 1856, no trains called there until 9 December 1929, when New Hythe Halt, a timber-built halt, was opened to serve the huge paper mill complex which had been established beside the line. The present, more substantial station was constructed in 1936, and the line was electrified in 1939.[1]
Services
All train services are provided by Southeastern, who also manage the station. The typical off-peak service from New Hythe is two trains per hour to Maidstone West, with alternate trains extended to Paddock Wood and Tonbridge, and two trains an hour to Strood, for connections to London.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Snodland Southeastern
Medway Valley LineAylesford Sources.
- Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 085361 321 4.
References
- ^ Southern Railway Halts p52
External links
- Train times and station information for New Hythe railway station from National Rail
- History and photographs of the station at Kent Rail
- Stephen Chapman's history of SER lines and services
Coordinates: 51°18′47″N 0°27′18″E / 51.313°N 0.455°E
Categories:- Tonbridge and Malling
- Railway stations in Kent
- Former Southern Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1929
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Kent railway station stubs
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