Hever railway station

Hever Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HEV
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 October 1888
Passengers
2018/19	45,854
2019/20	50,654
2020/21	11,154
2021/22	29,784
2022/23	39,202
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hever railway station is on the

.

Hever Castle is about a 1 mile (1.6 km) walk from the station.

History

The station was opened by the

in 1948. The signal box was built into the station building and remained in use until the line was resignalled in January 1990 when the station was destaffed.

Facilities

Hever station is unstaffed and tickets must be bought from the self-service ticket machine at the station.

The station has passenger help points and covered seating areas available on both platforms. The station has a small cycle rack located on the Uckfield bound platform.

The Uckfield bound platform is accessible without steps however the London bound platform is only reachable by the stepped footbridge so isn't accessible.^[1]

Services

All services at Hever are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs.

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

• 1 tph to London Bridge via Oxted
• 1 tph to Uckfield

Services increase to 2 tph in each direction during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the northbound service runs as far as Oxted only.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Oxted Line Uckfield Branch		Cowden

References

External links

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

51°10′52″N 0°05′42″E / 51.181°N 0.095°E / 51.181; 0.095