Frant railway station

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Frant

Location

Place

Bells Yew Green, Frant

Local authority

Wealden, East Sussex

Operations

Station code

FRT

Managed by

Southeastern

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

86,963

2005/06 *

89,366

History

1851

Opened

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Frant from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Frant railway station lies on the Hastings Line in East Sussex, England, 59 km (36.6 miles) from London Charing Cross. Although situated within the civil parish of Frant, the station is actually located some 2 km from the village of that name, in the hamlet of Bells Yew Green.

It is also the nearest station to the Kentish village of Lamberhurst, 7 km away: an infrequent bus service (four to five journeys each way on Mondays to Saturdays) links the village of Frant with Lamberhurst by way of Frant railway station.

1 History
2 Services
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway (SER) at the same time as the route, in 1851, and the original station building, which is situated on the Down (eastern) side of the line, remains in use. Designed by the company's architect, Wiliam Tress, and built of local ragstone in a Gothic lodge style, with a canopy added in 1905, it has been a Grade II listed building since 1982. The platforms are staggered: a common arrangement at early SER stations which allowed passengers to cross the line in relative safety behind two trains stopped at the station, although today the platforms are connected by a footbridge. From the 1960s until 1986, the station was served only at peak times on week days. However, since 1986, it has been served seven days a week.

[edit] Services

Train services are provided by Southeastern. The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Tunbridge Wells, and one train per hour to Hastings.