Sevenoaks railway station
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Sevenoaks railway station serves the town of Sevenoaks in Kent. Train services are provided by Southeastern.
Trains from the station run northbound to Waterloo and London Charing Cross via Orpington and London Blackfriars via Swanley and Catford, and southbound to Ashford International (with some trains continuing to Ramsgate via Dover Priory) and Hastings.
Sevenoaks (formerly known as "Tub's Hill", after the adjacent area) - was opened on 2 March 1868. There is a second station, on the branch to Swanley Junction, serving the north end of the town, opened earlier (2 June 1862). It is named after the local inn (now closed) - Bat & Ball.
Sevenoaks was the scene of a serious railway accident on 24 August 1927, when a passenger train ran out of control down the bank from the north. Thirteen people were killed.
The line to Sevenoaks was electrified in 1935. It was the first station in Britain to be re-built with the later well-known British Rail red, white and blue colouring.
Sevenoaks is part of the rail franchise which, post-privatisation, was served by Connex South Eastern. Subsequent to their 'sacking' in 2003 due to poor performance, services were operated by South Eastern Trains, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA). On 1 April 2006, Southeastern, owned by Govia, took over management of the station as part of the new Integrated Kent Franchise.
Travel times to and from Charing Cross are between 30 and 60 minutes
External links
- [Train times] and [station information] for from National Rail
- [Street map] and [aerial photo] of from Multimap.com
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