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 (34.20 km) from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern.

Hurst Green
Class 171 Turbostar on Platform 1
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
2015/16	0.668 million
Interchange	0.116 million
2016/17	0.635 million
Interchange	0.103 million
2017/18	0.662 million
Interchange	0.102 million
2018/19	0.694 million
Interchange	72,609
2019/20	0.682 million
Interchange	70,091
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

On the London-bound platform is a manned ticket office (staffed for most of the day) and a self-service passenger-operated ticket machine is located outside the station on the London-bound side. A self-service PERTIS (permit to travel) passenger-operated coin-in-the-slot ticket machine is available on London-bound Platform 1 for use when the ticket office is closed.

Services

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

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

• 2 tph to London Victoria (calls at all stations between Oxted and East Croydon)
• 1 tph to London Bridge (runs non-stop between Oxted and East Croydon)
• 2 tph to East Grinstead
• 1 tph to Uckfield

During the Monday-Friday peak hours, there are additional trains between Bedford and East Grinstead, operated by Thameslink using Class 700 Desiros and services on the Uckfield branch increase to 2 tph.

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

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.

References

1. "Timetable 29: Uckfield and East Grinstead to London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.

External links

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