Tunbridge Wells railway station

Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells station, western approach
Location
Place	Royal Tunbridge Wells
Local authority	Tunbridge Wells
Grid reference	TQ584392
Operations
Station code	TBW
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	C1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	3.149 million
2005/06	3.364 million
2006/07	3.450 million
2007/08	3.809 million
2008/09	3.795 million
2009/10	3.414 million
2010/11	3.511 million
2011/12	3.532 million
2012/13	3.481 million
2013/14	3.487 million
History
Key dates	Opened 25 November 1846 (25 November 1846)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tunbridge Wells from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Tunbridge Wells station, eastern approach (Mount Pleasant Road)

Southbound view towards Grove Tunnel

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Tunbridge Wells railway station

Tunbridge Wells railway station serves Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are currently operated by Southeastern. It is located directly on the double-tracked electrified Hastings Line.

The station is located in an open cut with tunnels at both ends of the station. The station has entrances on both sides. The ticket office and platform 1 can be accessed directly from street level on the west side of the station or by a footbridge from the east side; platform 2 is accessible from the street (Mount Pleasant Road) or footbridge by stairs and a staff-operated lift. Both platforms are signalled for reversible working and trains arrive/depart at either platform in either direction.

Just beyond Grove Tunnel at the south end of the station was Grove Junction, where trains took the single line branch to Tunbridge Wells West. The branch closed on 6 July 1985. Before the closure of the branch, the station was called Tunbridge Wells Central.

Ticket barriers are now in operation.

Services

As of 12 January 2015 the typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 2 tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross (fast service - not calling at London Bridge until August 2016)
• 2 tph (trains per hour) to London Cannon Street (semi-fast service calling at London Bridge)
• 2 tph to Hastings (1 stopping, 1 semi-fast)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
High Brooms		Southeastern Hastings Line semi-fast		Wadhurst
		Southeastern Hastings Line slow		Frant
		Southeastern Cannon Street to Tunbridge Wells		Terminus
	Disused railways
High Brooms Line and station open		British Rail Southern Region Cuckoo Line		Tunbridge Wells West Line and station closed
Terminus		British Rail Southern Region Tunbridge Wells Central to Three Bridges line		Tunbridge Wells West Line and station closed

External links

• Train times and station information for Tunbridge Wells railway station from National Rail