Tonbridge railway station

Tonbridge
National Rail
Southeastern and Southern services at Tonbridge, looking east in 2021
General information
LocationTonbridge, Borough of Tonbridge and Malling
England
Coordinates51°11′28″N 0°16′16″E / 51.191°N 0.271°E / 51.191; 0.271
Grid referenceTQ586460
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeTON
ClassificationDfT category B
Key dates
26 May 1842Opened as Tunbridge
January 1852Renamed Tunbridge Junction
1864Resited 310 yards (280 m) west
May 1893Renamed Tonbridge Junction
July 1929Renamed Tonbridge[1]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 4.554 million
 Interchange Increase 0.523 million
2019/20Decrease 4.419 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.497 million
2020/21Decrease 1.210 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.114 million
2021/22Increase 2.986 million
 Interchange Increase 0.299 million
2022/23Increase 3.503 million
 Interchange Increase 0.322 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Development of
Tonbridge
railway station
May 1842
Tunbridge
September 1845
Tunbridge
1857
Tunbridge Junction
1864
Tunbridge Junction
1868
Tunbridge Junction
1914
Tonbridge Junction
Auto-fitted ex-SE&CR 0-4-4T in 1958
Down stopping train from Redhill in 1958

Tonbridge railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the town of Tonbridge, Kent. It is 29 miles 46 chains (47.6 km) from London Charing Cross via Sevenoaks. Trains calling at the station are operated by Southeastern and Southern.

Tonbridge forms a junction between the South Eastern Main Line, the Hastings Line and the Redhill–Tonbridge line. There are four platforms. Platform 4 is a terminating platform.

There are extensive yards and storage sidings on both the east and west sides of the station.

  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 231.