Knockholt railway station
Knockholt South Eastern Railway | |
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Pre-grouping | South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Key dates | |
1 May 1876 | Opened as Halstead for Knockholt |
1 October 1900 | renamed Knockholt |
Other information | |
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Coordinates | 51°20′45″N 0°07′51″E / 51.3459°N 0.1307°E |
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Knockholt railway station is on the
Location
The station is 4.8 km (3.0 mi) north-northeast of the village of Knockholt but closer to several other settlements. The station serves several small communities in the Sevenoaks district in addition to Knockholt; Badgers Mount 1.3 km (0.81 mi) to the southeast, Well Hill 1.3 km (0.81 mi) northeast, and Halstead 2.2 km (1.4 mi) south. Within the Bromley borough Pratt's Bottom is only 2 km (1.2 mi) west-southwest; and also Chelsfield (although having its own railway station, is in parts closer to Knockholt station) at about 2.7 km (1.7 mi) to the north and west. To avoid confusion with Halstead in Essex it was named after the next closest village.
Services
All services at Knockholt are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 2 tph to London Charing Cross via Grove Park and Lewisham
- 2 tph to Sevenoaks
Connections onto fast services to London, Tunbridge Wells and Hastings can be made by changing at Orpington or Sevenoaks.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southeastern |
History
When the
Between 1887 and 1915 a twice daily bus service operated from Knockholt village to the station.
In 1899 the SER joined with its arch rival to form the
References
- ^ Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Table 204 National Rail timetable, December 2022
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ISBN 0-9513500-4-8.
External links
- Train times and station information for Knockholt railway station from National Rail