Cowden railway station

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.

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 Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Platform view (1987)

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.

Services

All services at Cowden are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 1 tph to London Bridge via Oxted
• 1 tph to Uckfield

Services increase to 2 tph in each direction during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the northbound service runs as far as Oxted only.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hever		Southern Oxted Line Uckfield Branch		Ashurst

External links

• Disused Railway Stations - Cowden

• Train times and station information for Cowden railway station from National Rail