New Hythe railway station

Railway station in Kent, England

New Hythe

General information
Location| New Hythe, Tonbridge and Malling
England
Grid reference| TQ711599
Managed by| Southeastern
Platforms| 2
Other information
Station code| NHE
Classification| DfT category F2
History
Opened| 9 December 1929
Passengers
2019/20|  0.185 million
2020/21|  50,980
2021/22|  0.128 million
2022/23|  0.128 million
2023/24|  0.160 million

Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

New Hythe railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England, serving the village of New Hythe. It is 38 miles 3 chains (61.2 km) down the line from London Charing Cross via Strood and is situated between Snodland and Aylesford. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

The APTIS-equipped ticket office, in a 1930s building on the northbound platform, closed in September 1989 and subsequently became derelict. In 2007, a PERTIS (Permit to Travel) ticket machine was installed at the entrance to the northbound platform.

## History

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Although the line between Strood and Maidstone, on which New Hythe lies, was completed in 1856, the station was not opened 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

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All services at New Hythe are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

* 2 tph to Strood
* 2 tph to Paddock Wood via Maidstone West

A small number of morning, mid afternoon and late evening trains continue beyond Paddock Wood to Tonbridge.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

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Snodland

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Medway Valley Line

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Aylesford

## References

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1. ^ Kidner 1985, p. 52.
2. ^ Table 208 National Rail timetable, December 2022

* Kidner, R.W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Hythe railway station.

* 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

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Medway Valley Line|

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Southeastern routes serving this station

Medway Valley line|

* Strood
* Cuxton
* Halling
* Snodland
* New Hythe
* Aylesford
* Maidstone Barracks
* Maidstone West
* East Farleigh
* Wateringbury
* Yalding
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