Hurst Green railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hurst Green
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 as "Hurst Green Halt"
12 June 1961	New station opened to replace halt
Passengers
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
2023/24	0.470 million
Interchange	40,154
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

History

The Oxted line opened between South Croydon and East Grinstead on 10 March 1884.^[1]^[2] At the time, the Hurst Green area was lightly populated and no station was provided, although a goods siding was added in 1885 for the use of local businesses.^[3]^[4] Hurst Green Junction was commissioned on 2 January 1888, when services began on the line to Groombridge and Eridge.^[3] "Hurst Green Halt", immediately north of the junction, was opened on 1 July 1907^[5]^[6] and was initially served by autotrains worked by D1 class locomotives.^[7]

The population of Oxted grew in the mid-1950s, with house building to the south of the town centre.^[8] Work to expand and relocate Hurst Green Halt to better serve this area of development began in April 1960.^[9]^[10] The replacement station, renamed simply "Hurst Green", opened to the north of the original on 12 June 1961. It was provided with 12-carriage platforms to enable East Grinstead trains to be split from or joined to those serving Uckfield, but these operations were carried out at Oxted instead.^[8]^[9]

Hurst Green Junction signal box closed on 11 July 1987, in connection with the electrification and resignalling of the line between Sanderstead and East Grinstead.^[11]

Facilities

Hurst Green station is 21 miles 20 chains (34.2 km) from London Victoria via East Croydon^[12] and is managed by Southern.^[13] 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:^[14]

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

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

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

References

^ Phillipson, George (Summer 1988). "The Oxted Line". Railways South East. Vol. 1, no. 2. pp. 62–71.
^ Kidner 1975, p. 8.
^ ^a ^b Jackson 1999, p. 70.
^ Gray 1990, p. 220.
^ Kidner 1975, p. 15.
^ Gould 2003, p. 62.
^ Kidner 1975, p. 26.
^ ^a ^b Jackson 1999, p. 93.
^ ^a ^b Gould 2003, pp. 39–41.
^ "New Hurst Green station may be opened in June". Surrey Mirror. No. 4402. 3 February 1961. p. 18.
^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Fig. 88.
^ "Sectional Appendix" 2009, SO530.
^ "Hurst Green (HUR)". Southern. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
^ Table 182 National Rail timetable, May 2022

Bibliography

Gould, David (2003). The Croydon, Oxted & East Grinstead Railway. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85-361598-9.
Gray, Adrian (1990). South Eastern Railway. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-90-652085-7.
Jackson, Alan A. (1999). The railway in Surrey. Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-90-689990-8.
Kidner, R.W. (1975) [1972]. The Oxted Line. Tarrant Hinton: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85-361103-5.
Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Croydon (Woodside) to East Grinstead. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-87-379348-0.
"Kent / Sussex / Wessex Routes Sectional Appendix" (PDF). Network Rail. 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

External links

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

51°14′38″N 0°00′14″E / 51.244°N 0.004°E / 51.244; 0.004

[1] Phillipson, George (Summer 1988). "The Oxted Line". Railways South East. Vol. 1, no. 2. pp. 62–71.

[FOOTNOTEKidner19758-2] Kidner 1975, p. 8.

[FOOTNOTEJackson199970-3] Jackson 1999, p. 70.

[FOOTNOTEGray1990220-4] Gray 1990, p. 220.

[FOOTNOTEKidner197515-5] Kidner 1975, p. 15.

[FOOTNOTEGould200362-6] Gould 2003, p. 62.

[FOOTNOTEKidner197526-7] Kidner 1975, p. 26.

[FOOTNOTEJackson199993-8] Jackson 1999, p. 93.

[FOOTNOTEGould200339–41-9] Gould 2003, pp. 39–41.

[10] "New Hurst Green station may be opened in June". Surrey Mirror. No. 4402. 3 February 1961. p. 18.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1995Fig._88-11] Mitchell & Smith 1995, Fig. 88.

[FOOTNOTE"Sectional_Appendix"2009SO530-12] "Sectional Appendix" 2009, SO530.

[13] "Hurst Green (HUR)". Southern. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

[14] Table 182 National Rail timetable, May 2022

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