| Leigh (Kent) | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Leigh, Sevenoaks |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.194°N 0.211°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Southern |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | LIH |
| Classification: | DfT category F1 |
| Years: | 1 Sep 1911 |
| Events: | Opened (Leigh Halt) |
| Years1: | Apr 1917 |
| Events1: | Renamed (Lyghe Halt) |
| Years2: | 1960 |
| Events2: | Renamed (Leigh Halt) |
| Years3: | 5 May 1969 |
| Events3: | Renamed (Leigh) |
| Years4: | 1993 |
| Events4: | Electrified |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Leigh railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Leigh in Kent, England. It is measured from via . Train services are operated by Southern.
The station was opened as "Leigh Halt" in 1911; was renamed "Lyghe Halt" in 1917; "Leigh Halt" again about 1960; and "Leigh" in 1969. (Leigh is pronounced (lie) - identical with the name of Lye railway station in the West Midlands.). The station was destaffed in 1967.
In 1993 the line was electrified and services started to run through to London rather than being an extension of the Reading to Tonbridge North Downs Line service.
In 2007, a PERTIS machine was installed at the street entrance to the Tonbridge-bound platform (since replaced by a modern ticket machine). The station was until December 2008 operated by Southeastern before it transferred to Southern, whose green signage was installed before October 2008.
Leigh station is unstaffed and facilities are limited. Tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine at the station and there are passenger help points located on each platforms. There is also a basic shelter located on each platform. The station has step free access available to both platforms.[1]
All services at Leigh are operated by Southern using EMUs.
The typical weekend off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between and .
In December 2023 the number of units used for the Monday to Friday service was reduced from 3 units to 2.[2] As a result the train service was reduced from hourly off peak and half hourly at peak times to an irregular service without consistent departure times part the hour.[3]
In early 2024 Network Rail created a research paper looking into options to increase rail use between Kent and Gatwick Airport. Five options are being looked are:[4]