Knockholt railway station

LocationChelsfieldLocal authorityLondon Borough of BromleyManaged bySoutheasternStation codeKCKDfT categoryENumber of platforms2Fare zone6National Rail annual entry and exit2018–19 0.255 million^[1]2019–20 0.251 million^[1]2020–21 41,220^[1]2021–22 0.111 million^[1]2022–23 0.137 million^[1]Railway companiesOriginal companySouth Eastern RailwayPre-groupingSouth Eastern and Chatham RailwayPost-groupingSouthern RailwayKey dates1 May 1876Opened as Halstead for Knockholt1 October 1900renamed KnockholtOther informationExternal links

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Coordinates51°20′45″N 0°07′51″E / 51.3459°N 0.1307°E / 51.3459; 0.1307 London transport portal

Knockholt railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line, located in the London Borough of Bromley, Greater London. It is 16 miles 44 chains (26.6 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Chelsfield and Dunton Green stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 6 and is located next to the Greater London boundary with the Kent district of Sevenoaks. The boundary is the farm bridge at the southern end of the platforms.

Location

The station is 4.8 km (3.0 mi) north-northeast of the village of Knockholt but closer to several other settlements. The station serves several small communities in the Sevenoaks district in addition to Knockholt; Badgers Mount 1.3 km (0.81 mi) to the southeast, Well Hill 1.3 km (0.81 mi) northeast, and Halstead 2.2 km (1.4 mi) south. Within the Bromley borough Pratt's Bottom is only 2 km (1.2 mi) west-southwest; and also Chelsfield (although having its own railway station, is in parts closer to Knockholt station) at about 2.7 km (1.7 mi) to the north and west. To avoid confusion with Halstead in Essex it was named after the next closest village.

Services

All services at Knockholt are operated by Southeastern using Class 376, 465, 466 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[2]

• 2 tph to London Charing Cross via Grove Park and Lewisham
• 2 tph to Sevenoaks

Connections onto fast services to London, Tunbridge Wells and Hastings can be made by changing at Orpington or Sevenoaks.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chelsfield		Southeastern Grove Park Line		Dunton Green

History

When the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened their "cut off" line through Orpington, Sevenoaks to Tonbridge in 1868, there was no station between Chelsfield and Dunton Green. A Knockholt Vestry meeting in March 1871 resolved to request the SER to build a station for Knockholt but this request was initially refused. Eventually, the SER agreed to provide a station if a £3,000 contribution was provided by "local parties," (equivalent to £360,000 in 2023).^[3] This was raised and "Halstead for Knockholt" (the station being much closer to Halstead than Knockholt) was opened in 1876.^[4]

Between 1887 and 1915 a twice daily bus service operated from Knockholt village to the station.

In 1899 the SER joined with its arch rival to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR). Alfred Smithers, who had moved to Knockholt in 1881, became deputy chairman of the SECR. At the strong suggestion of Smithers, the station name was changed to "Knockholt" in 1900 to avoid the confusion which had arisen with Halstead Station in Essex (and coincidentally giving Smithers a local station named after his village).

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