New Hythe railway station

New Hythe
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Location
Place	New Hythe
Local authority	Tonbridge and Malling
Grid reference	TQ711599
Operations
Station code	NHE
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	46,147
2005/06	57,551
2006/07	63,890
2007/08	73,147
2008/09	83,490
2009/10	77,420
2010/11	87,138
2011/12	92,182
2012/13	89,712
2013/14	90,614
History
Key dates	Opened 9 December 1929 (9 December 1929)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at New Hythe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

New Hythe railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England, and serves New Hythe. 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

Although the line between Strood and Maidstone, on which New Hythe lies, was completed in 1856, no trains called there 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.

Services

All train services are provided by Southeastern, who also manage the station. The typical off-peak service from New Hythe is two trains per hour to Maidstone West, with alternate trains extended to Paddock Wood and Tonbridge, and two trains an hour to Strood, for connections to London.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Snodland		Southeastern Medway Valley Line		Aylesford

External links

• 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