New Hythe railway station is on the
Medway Valley Line in
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
, England, serving the village of
New Hythe
New Hythe is a village in mid-Kent, England on the banks of the River Medway approximately northwest of the county town of Maidstone. It derives its name from the Old English word Hythe, meaning haven or landing place. It is split between the ...
. It is down the line from
London Charing Cross
Charing Cross railway station (also known as London Charing Cross) is a London station group, central London railway terminus between the Strand, London, Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the South ...
via and is situated between and . The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by
Southeastern.
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, the station was not opened until 9 December 1929, when New Hythe Halt, a timber-built halt, was opened to serve the huge
paper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt ...
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 services at New Hythe are operated by
Southeastern using
EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
* 2 tph to
* 2 tph to via
A small number of morning, mid afternoon and late evening trains continue beyond Paddock Wood to .
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.
References
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External links
History and photographs of the station at Kent Rail
Tonbridge and Malling
Railway stations in Kent
DfT Category F2 stations
Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1929
Railway stations served by Southeastern
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