Headcorn railway station

Headcorn
National Rail
General information
LocationHeadcorn, Borough of Maidstone
England
Grid referenceTQ837439
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHCN
ClassificationDfT category D
Key dates
31 August 1842[1]Opened
19 May 1905Opening of the KESR
1924–1930Remodelled
4 January 1954Closure of the KESR
2 April 1962[2]Goods services withdrawn
1988–1989Rebuilt
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.610 million
2020/21Decrease 0.108 million
2021/22Increase 0.361 million
2022/23Increase 0.468 million
2023/24Increase 0.537 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Headcorn railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the village of Headcorn, Kent. It is 45 miles 20 chains (72.8 km) down the line from London Charing Cross . The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

Headcorn was, until January 1954, the northern terminus of the Kent & East Sussex Railway although their platform was named Headcorn Junction.

  1. ^ "The Colonel Stephens Museum - from Headcorn to Maidstone". Archived from the original on 26 April 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007. Colonel Stephens Museum
  2. ^ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 61. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.