New Hythe railway station

New Hythe
Location
Place	New Hythe
Local authority	Tonbridge and Malling
Grid reference	TQ711599
Operations
Station code	NHE
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms in use	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
History
Key dates	Opened 9 December 1929 (9 December 1929)
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New Hythe railway station is a railway station in New Hythe, Kent. The station is on the Medway Valley Line.

History

The line between Strood and Maidstone, on which New Hythe lies, was completed in 1856. However, no trains went there until 9 December 1929. At that time, New Hythe Halt, a timber-built halt, was opened to serve the huge paper mill which was next to the line. The present station was constructed in 1936. The line was electrified in 1939.^[1]

Services

Train services at New Hythe are run by Southeastern, They use Class 375 EMUs.

The off-peak service is:^[2]

• 2 trains per hour to Strood
• 2 trains per hour to Paddock Wood via Maidstone West

Some trains go to Tonbridge.

On Sundays, the service is hourly.

Previous station	National Rail			Next station
Snodland		Southeastern Medway Valley Line		Aylesford

Sources

• Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.

References

1. Southern Railway Halts p52
2. Table 208 National Rail timetable, December 2022

Other websites

• Train times and station information for New Hythe railway station from National Rail
• History and photographs of the station at Kent Rail
• Stephen Chapman's history of SER lines and services Archived 2017-06-21 at the Wayback Machine