Leigh railway station

For other stations with the same name, see Leigh railway station (disambiguation).
Leigh (Kent) National Rail
Location
Place Leigh
Local authority Sevenoaks
Coordinates 51°11′38″N 0°12′40″E / 51.194°N 0.211°E / 51.194; 0.211Coordinates: 51°11′38″N 0°12′40″E / 51.194°N 0.211°E / 51.194; 0.211
Grid reference TQ546461
Operations
Station code LIH
Managed by Southern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  39,805
2005/06 Increase 43,359
2006/07 Increase 44,535
2007/08 Increase 47,944
2008/09 Increase 48,008
2009/10 Decrease 39,302
2010/11 Decrease 37,302
2011/12 Increase 42,766
2012/13 Increase 46,214
2013/14 Increase 50,304
History
1 Sep 1911[1] Opened (Leigh Halt)
Apr 1917[1] Renamed (Lyghe Halt)
1960[1] Renamed (Leigh Halt)
5 May 1969[1] Renamed (Leigh)
1993 Electrified
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Leigh (Kent) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Leigh railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Leigh in Kent, England. It opened as "Leigh Halt" in 1911; was renamed "Lyghe Halt" in 1917; "Leigh Halt" again about 1960; and "Leigh" in 1969. (Leigh is pronounced as in lie—identical with the name of Lye railway station in the West Midlands.). The station was destaffed in 1967.

In 1993 the line was electrified and services started to run through to London rather than being an extension of the Reading to Tonbridge North Downs Line service.

In 2007, a PERTIS machine was installed at the street entrance to the Tonbridge-bound platform. The station was until December 2008 operated by Southeastern before it transferred to Southern, whose green signage was installed before October 2008.

Services

The typical off peak service is one train per hour east to Tonbridge railway station, and west to London Victoria via Redhill and East Croydon.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.


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