Ham Street railway station
Railway station in Kent, England
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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.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Hamstreet, Ashford England | ||||
| Grid reference | TR000337 | ||||
| Manager | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | HMT | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 13 February 1851 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  31,340 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  57,486 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 59,092 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 77,776 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 81,830 | ||||
Listed Building – Grade II | |||||
| Feature | Railway station | ||||
| Designated | 9 May 2005 | ||||
| Reference no. | 1391381[1] | ||||
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Location
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.
History
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]
Services
All services at Ham Street are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[10]
- 1 tph to Eastbourne via Hastings
- 1 tph to Ashford International
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]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Southern | ||||