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General information | |||||
Location | Hamstreet, Ashford England | ||||
Grid reference | TR000337 | ||||
Managed by | Southern | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | HMT | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 13 February 1851 | ||||
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Listed Building –Grade II | |||||
Feature | Railway station | ||||
Designated | 9 May 2005 | ||||
Reference no. | 1391381 [1] | ||||
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Ham Street railway station is a Grade II listed stop on the Marshlink line in the village of Hamstreet,Kent,between Ashford International and Hastings. Services are provided by Southern.
The station is on a dual-track section of the unelectrified Marshlink Line. Train services are provided by Southern and operated by Class 171 Turbostar diesel trains. [2]
The booking office - open on Mondays to Saturdays mornings - is located in the main station building on the Ashford-bound platform. The two PERTIS passenger-operated self-service ticket machines - one on each platform - have now been removed and replaced with Ticket Vending machines on each platform, [3] which allows a ticket to be purchased from any origin,as opposed to just from Ham Street. The PERTIS passenger-operated self-service machines were installed in connection with a Penalty Fares Scheme in 2008.
The station was built by the South Eastern Railway to the designs of the company architect William Tress [4] as one of four original stops on the line from Ashford to Hastings (the others being Appledore,Rye and Winchelsea). It opened on 13 February 1851. A goods station was added later in the year. [5]
The original name was Ham Street. It was renamed to Ham Street &Orlestone on 1 February 1897,and then reverted to Ham Street in 1976. [6] It was Grade II listed in 2005. [1]
Along with several other stations on the line,Ham Street opened with staggered platforms,allowing a crossing across the railway from one to the other. [7] After several accidents and near misses,a temporary footbridge was provided in 2014,replacing the previous flat crossing of the railway. [8] It was replaced by a permanent bridge in 2017. [9]
All services at Ham Street are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [10]
Previously,westbound trains ran as an express service to Brighton,although this was changed to a stopping service to Eastbourne in the May 2018 timetable change. [11]
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