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Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cowden
Cowden
General information
Location	Cowden, District of Sevenoaks; England
Grid reference	TQ476417
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	CWN
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 October 1888
Passengers
2019/20	58,762
2020/21	9,312
2021/22	30,608
2022/23	41,112
2023/24	40,504
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cowden railway station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted line in southern England and serves Cowden in Kent. It is 29 miles 26 chains (29.33 miles, 47.19 km) from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern.

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 October 1888. It passed onto the Southern Railway in 1923 and to British Railways in 1948.

The station was destaffed in the 1990s. When the line was singled in 1990 the "up" platform was taken out of use and all trains now use the former "down" platform. The track is not electrified, so only diesel or steam trains can run.

In 1994 a serious accident occurred just south of the station.

Facilities

Cowden station is unstaffed and tickets must be bought from the self-service ticket machine at the station.

The station has passenger help points and covered seating areas available on its platform. The station also has a small car park and cycle rack at the station entrance.

Step free access is available to the platform at Cowden.^[1]