Hurst Green railway station

Hurst Green railway station is on the Oxted line in southern England and serves the Hurst Green neighbourhood of Oxted in Surrey. It is 21 miles 20 chains (21.25 miles, 34.20 km) from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern.

Hurst Green
Main station building in May 2013
General information
Location	Hurst Green, District of Tandridge England
Grid reference	TQ399513
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HUR
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1 June 1907	Opened (Hurst Green Halt)
12 June 1961	New station opened to replace Halt
Passengers
2018/19	0.694 million
Interchange	72,609
2019/20	0.682 million
Interchange	70,091
2020/21	0.144 million
Interchange	10,486
2021/22	0.374 million
Interchange	30,010
2022/23	0.446 million
Interchange	38,850
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Hurst Green railway station.

History

The original Hurst Green Halt opened 1 June 1907 with short wooden platforms, sited between the road bridge and the junction of the East Grinstead/Uckfield lines. This halt was closed on 12 June 1961 and the present station was opened on the northside of the bridge.

Facilities

On the London-bound platform is a staffed ticket office (open during most of the day) and a self-service passenger-operated ticket machine is located outside the station on the London-bound side.

Services

Off-peak, all services at Hurst Green are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs and Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[1]

• 1 tph to London Victoria (stopping)
• 1 tph to London Bridge (runs non-stop between Oxted and East Croydon)
• 1 tph to East Grinstead
• 1 tph to Uckfield

During the peak hours and on weekends, the service between London Victoria and East Grinstead is increased to 2 tph.

In addition, there are also a number of peak hour Thameslink operated services between East Grinstead, London Bridge and Bedford, which are operated using Class 700 EMUs.

On Sundays, northbound services on the Uckfield branch terminate at Oxted instead of London Bridge.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Oxted		Southern Oxted Line East Grinstead Branch		Lingfield
		Thameslink Bedford to East Grinstead Peak Hours Only
		Southern Oxted Line Uckfield Branch		Edenbridge Town

References

1. Table 182 National Rail timetable, May 2022

External links

• Train times and station information for Hurst Green railway station from National Rail

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