Hildenborough railway station is on the

South Eastern Main Line The South Eastern Main Line is a major long-distance railway route in South East England, UK, one of the three main routes crossing the county of Kent, going via Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Ashford and Folkestone to Dover. The other routes are the C ...

in England, serving

Hildenborough Hildenborough is a village and rural parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Tonbridge and 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Sevenoaks. The village lies in the River Medwa ...

, Kent, and the surrounding villages. It is down the line from

London Charing Cross Charing Cross railway station (also known as London Charing Cross) is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the South Eastern Main Line to Dover via Ashf ...

and is situated between and . Trains calling at the station are operated by Southeastern. Trains from the station run northbound to Charing Cross via

Orpington Orpington is a town and area in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 13.4 miles (21.6 km) south east of Charing Cross. On the south-eastern edge of the Greater London Built-up Area, it is south of St Mary ...

and southbound to

Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. ...

. Trains also run to

London Cannon Street Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Travelcard zone 1 located on Cannon Street in the City of London and managed by Network Rail. It is on ...

and Ashford International during peak times.

Services

All services at Hildenborough are operated by Southeastern using , and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to

* 1 tph to via During the peak hours, the service is increased to 2 tph in each direction and runs between London and Tunbridge Wells. There are also additional peak hour services to

, , and .

Accidents and incidents

*On 6 July 1970, a freight train was derailed at Hildenborough. The line was blocked for three days.

Transport links

The station is located 1 km from the centre of Hildenborough. No buses stop directly outside the station although the

Go-Coach Go-Coachhire Ltd is a bus operator running a total of 40 bus services (including school services) across Kent and Sussex. The majority of these services are operated on behalf of Kent County Council from their depot in Swanley. History Go-Coac ...

route 5 and

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routes 401 and 402 stop on London Road, approximately 15 minutes walking distance from the station. These services provide connections to

Westerham Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles east of Oxted and 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with both Greater London and Surrey. It is recorded as early a ...

Sevenoaks Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter main line railway into London. Sevenoaks is from Charing Cross, the tradition ...

Tonbridge Tonbridge ( ) is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling, it had an estimated population ...

and

References

External links

Tonbridge Line Commuters - Hildenborough
Tonbridge and Malling Railway stations in Kent DfT Category D stations Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868 Railway stations served by Southeastern {{Kent-railstation-stub