High Brooms | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 51.149°N 0.277°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | Southeastern |
Platforms: | 2 |
Code: | HIB |
Classification: | DfT category D |
Original: | South Eastern Railway |
Pregroup: | South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
Postgroup: | Southern Railway |
Opened: | 1893 |
Years: | 1 March 1893 |
Events: | Opened as Southborough |
Years1: | 21 September 1925 |
Events1: | Renamed High Brooms |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
High Brooms railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves High Brooms and Southborough in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. It is 32chain70chain down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.
High Brooms was originally opened in 1893 as Southborough by the South Eastern Railway; it acquired its present name in 1925. It is situated on a five-mile gradient from Tonbridge to the north of the station.[1] The main station buildings are on the northbound platform. There is a closed waiting room on the southbound platform. Access to the southbound platform is via stairs from a side entrance, and access to the northbound platform is at street level. A subway links the two platforms.
All services at High Brooms are operated by Southeastern using, and EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
Additional services, including trains to and from and London Cannon Street and call at the station in the peak hours.