Harrietsham railway station

Harrietsham
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Location
Place	Harrietsham
Local authority	Maidstone
Grid reference	TQ866529
Operations
Station code	HRM
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	59,722
2005/06	65,949
2006/07	69,043
2007/08	71,094
2008/09	79,856
2009/10	70,616
2010/11	73,812
2011/12	76,014
2012/13	75,270
2013/14	72,334
History
Key dates	Opened 1 July 1884 (1 July 1884)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Harrietsham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Harrietsham railway station serves Harrietsham in Kent. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern.

History

Harrietsham station opened on 1 July 1884 as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's extension of the line from Maidstone to Ashford West. The goods yard was on the up side. It comprised three sidings, one of which served a goods shed. Freight facilities were withdrawn on 1 May 1961. The signal box closed on 5 November 1972.

The ticket office is manned only during the morning peak period; at other times a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, located at the entrance to the up platform, suffices.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ashford International and one train per hour to London Victoria via Maidstone East.

There is also a peak hour service via Thameslink across London, serving City Thameslink, Farringdon and St Pancras International before travelling onto Bedford.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hollingbourne		Southeastern Maidstone East Line		Lenham

References

Sources

External links

• Train times and station information for Harrietsham railway station from National Rail