Higham railway station (Kent)

51°25′36.12″N 0°27′58.71″E / 51.4267000°N 0.4663083°E / 51.4267000; 0.4663083

Higham
General information
Location	Higham, Borough of Gravesham England
Grid reference	TQ715726
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HGM
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Gravesend and Rochester Railway[1] South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
8 Feb 1845	Opened[1]
13 December 1846[2]	Closed (G & R)
23 Aug 1847	Reopened (SE)
Passengers
2018/19	0.173 million
Interchange	6
2019/20	0.173 million
Interchange	5
2020/21	48,460
Interchange	1
2021/22	95,064
Interchange	3
2022/23	0.108 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Higham railway station is in the hamlet of Lower Higham in north Kent. The village of Higham is about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south.

It is 28 miles 42 chains (45.9 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. Train services have been operated by Thameslink since May 2018. Before that time, the services were operated by Southeastern and its predecessors, although the station is still managed by Southeastern.

The ticket office, on the 'up' side, is situated in the substantial station building. This is staffed only during part of the day; at other times a PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine issues 'Permits to Travel' - which are exchanged on-train or at staffed stations for travel tickets - and is located at the entrance to the up platform, at the foot of the staircase.

From Higham to Strood, the railway passes through a tunnel built for the Thames and Medway Canal, and the station building was converted from the home of the canal towing contractor. The waiting room was heated by the original open fire until as recently as the 1980s.