Cowden railway station

Cowden railway station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted line in southern England and serves Cowden in Kent. It is 29 miles 26 chains (29.33 miles, 47.19 km) from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern.

Cowden
National Rail
General information
LocationCowden, District of Sevenoaks
England
Grid referenceTQ476417
Managed bySouthern
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeCWN
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1 October 1888
Passengers
2017/18Increase 53,896
2018/19Increase 54,354
2019/20Increase 58,762
2020/21Decrease 9,312
2021/22Increase 30,608
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Platform view (1987)

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 October 1888. It passed onto the Southern Railway in 1923 and to British Railways in 1948.

The station was destaffed in the 1990s. When the line was singled in 1990 the "up" platform was taken out of use and all trains now use the former "down" platform. The track is not electrified, so only diesel or steam trains can run.

In 1994 a serious accident occurred just south of the station.

Facilities

Cowden station is unstaffed and tickets must be bought from the self-service ticket machine at the station.

The station has passenger help points and covered seating areas available on its platform. The station also has a small car park and cycle rack at the station entrance.

Step free access is available to the platform at Cowden.[1]

Services

All services at Cowden are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

Services increase to 2 tph in each direction during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the northbound service runs as far as Oxted only.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southern

References
  1. "Cowden Station Information". Southern, July 2020.
  2. Table 182 National Rail timetable, May 2022
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