Station code HBN DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference TQ834550 2011/12 34,870 | |
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Similar Bearsted railway station, Barming railway station, West Malling railway st, Aylesford railway station, Lenham railway station | ||
Hollingbourne railway station serves Hollingbourne in Kent. It was opened in 1884. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.
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History
Hollingbourne 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 comprides five sidings, one of which served a goods shed and another served a cattle dock. Freight facilities were withdrawn on 15 May 1961. The signal box closed on 14 April 1984.
The station is unmanned; a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine is located on the up platform.
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 on to Bedford.