High Brooms railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves

High Brooms High Brooms is a suburb of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. Its railway station is High Brooms railway station. It is connected by train to London and Hastings. It is in the civil parish of Southborough. Between 1885 and 1968, the High ...

and Southborough in the borough of

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. It is down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by

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History

High Brooms was originally opened in 1893 as ''Southborough'' by the South Eastern Railway; it acquired its present name in 1925. It is situated on a five-mile gradient from Tonbridge to the north of the station. The main station buildings are on the northbound platform. There is a closed waiting room on the southbound platform. Access to the southbound platform is via stairs from a side entrance, and access to the northbound platform is at street level. A subway links the two platforms.

Services

All services at High Brooms are operated by

using , and

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to London Charing Cross * 2 tph to (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping) During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between London Charing Cross and . There are also additional peak hour services to and from

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{{TSGN and SE Stations, Hastings=y, FCC None=y, SN None=y Railway stations in Royal Tunbridge Wells DfT Category D stations Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1893 Railway stations served by Southeastern