Leigh railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Leigh in Kent, England. It is 39 miles 56 chains (39.70 miles, 63.89 km) measured from London Charing Cross via Redhill. Train services are operated by Southern.

Leigh (Kent)
General information
Location	Leigh, Sevenoaks England
Coordinates	51.194°N 0.211°E / 51.194; 0.211
Grid reference	TQ546461
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LIH
Classification	DfT category F1
Key dates
1 Sep 1911[1]	Opened (Leigh Halt)
Apr 1917[1]	Renamed (Lyghe Halt)
1960[1]	Renamed (Leigh Halt)
5 May 1969[1]	Renamed (Leigh)
1993	Electrified
Passengers
2016/17	44,358
2017/18	41,744
2018/19	46,090
2019/20	46,044
2020/21	12,250
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened as "Leigh Halt" in 1911; was renamed "Lyghe Halt" in 1917; "Leigh Halt" again about 1960; and "Leigh" in 1969. (Leigh is pronounced /laɪ/ (lie)—identical with the name of Lye railway station in the West Midlands.). The station was destaffed in 1967.

In 1993 the line was electrified and services started to run through to London rather than being an extension of the Reading to Tonbridge North Downs Line service.

In 2007, a PERTIS machine was installed at the street entrance to the Tonbridge-bound platform (since replaced by a modern ticket machine). The station was until December 2008 operated by Southeastern before it transferred to Southern, whose green signage was installed before October 2008.

Facilities and Connections

Leigh station is unstaffed and facilities are limited. Tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine at the station and there are passenger help points located on each platforms. There is also a basic shelter located on each platform. The station has step free access available to both platforms.[2]

The station is served Monday-Saturday by the Autocar route 210 which provides connections to Tonbridge and Chiddingstone Causeway.[3]

Services

All services at Leigh are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

• 1 tph to Redhill
• 1 tph to Tonbridge

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Penshurst		Southern Redhill to Tonbridge Line		Tonbridge

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leigh railway station.

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