Paddock Wood railway station

Paddock Wood railway station
Paddock Wood National Rail
Paddock Wood Station 02.JPG
Location
Place Paddock Wood
Local authority Tunbridge Wells
Coordinates 51°10′56″N 0°23′20″E / 51.1822°N 0.3890°E / 51.1822; 0.3890Coordinates: 51°10′56″N 0°23′20″E / 51.1822°N 0.3890°E / 51.1822; 0.3890
Operations
Station code PDW
Managed by Southeastern
Number of platforms 3 (was 4)
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *   1.067 million
2004/05 * increase 1.072 million
2005/06 * increase 1.091 million
2006/07 * increase 1.138 million
2007/08 * increase 1.195 million
2008/09 * increase 1.203 million
History
Opened 31 August 1842 (31 August 1842)
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Paddock Wood from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Paddock Wood
Legend
Continuation backward Continuation backward
to Tonbridge
One way backward One way forward Unknown BSicon "exENDEa"
Straight track Straight track Unknown BSicon "exSTR"
Down Siding West
Junction to left Junction from right Unknown BSicon "exSTR"
Straight track Unknown BSicon "eABZrg" Unknown BSicon "exSTRrf"
Unknown BSicon "SBRÜCKEa" Unknown BSicon "SBRÜCKEe"
B2160 Maidstone Road
Track turning from left Junction to right Junction to left Track turning from right
Unknown BSicon "STR+BSr" Straight track Straight track Unknown BSicon "STR+BSl"
Unknown BSicon "exENDEa+BSl" Unknown BSicon "STR+BSr" One way backward One way forward Unknown BSicon "STR+BSl" Unknown BSicon "ENDEa+BSr"
Unknown BSicon "exSTR+BSl" Unknown BSicon "STR+BSr" Straight track Straight track Unknown BSicon "STR+BSl" Unknown BSicon "STR+BSr"
Unknown BSicon "exSTR" Unknown BSicon "xABZlf" Junction from right Junction from left Junction to right Straight track
Unknown BSicon "exSTRlf" Unknown BSicon "exABZlg" Straight track Unknown BSicon "eABZlf" Unknown BSicon "xABZ3lf" Unknown BSicon "ABZ3lf" Unknown BSicon "ABZ3lg" One way leftward
Medway Valley Line
Unknown BSicon "exSTR" Unknown BSicon "eABZlf" Unknown BSicon "eKRZ" Unknown BSicon "exSTRq" Unknown BSicon "exSTRq" Unknown BSicon "xABZ3lf" One way rightward
To Maidstone West
Unknown BSicon "exCONTf" Straight track Straight track
Hawkhurst Branch Line
Continuation forward Continuation forward
To Marden

Paddock Wood railway station serves the town of Paddock Wood in Kent. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern. There are three platforms.

Contents

History

The South Eastern Railway opened a line from Redhill to Ashford and on to Dover in 1842. This bypassed the county town of Maidstone, and a station named Maidstone Road was opened in a rural location on 31 August 1842 to serve the town, eight miles to the north. The village of Paddock Wood developed quickly around the station, which took the name Paddock Wood in 1844 when the branch line to Maidstone West was opened. Another branch line - the Hawkhurst Branch - to the village of Hawkhurst existed between 1892 and 1961.[1]

The station has Up and Down platforms with a pair of fast lines between them. On the Down side, a bay platform is used for the Medway Valley Line services to Maidstone and beyond. A matching bay platform existed on the Up side when the Hawkhurst branch was in operation. The main station building is on the Up platform; there are long canopies on both platforms. Transfer between platforms is by footbridge.[2]

Accidents

At 03:40 hrs on 5 May 1919, a goods train from Bricklayers Arms to Margate overran signals and ran into the back of another goods train just to the west of Paddock Wood station. The Margate train was hauled by C class No. 721. It had 50 goods vehicles including three brake vans. The other train was hauled by C class No. 61. The fireman of this train was killed in the accident. Although the main cause of the accident was the driver of the Margate train failing to obey signals, the signalman at Tonbridge East signal box was also censured for failure to give the driver adequate warning that although the train had been accepted by the signalman at Paddock Wood, the line was not clear. The signalman at Paddock Wood had accepted the train under Regulation No 5 - "Section clear but station or junction blocked".[3]

At 02:02 on 8 December 1961, a goods train was setting back at Paddock Wood station when the 00:20 goods from Hoo Junction to Tonbridge overran signals and collided with it. The wreckage from the accident piled up under the bridge carrying the B2160 Maidstone Road. The line was blocked for 12 hours.[4]

Services

As of May 2010 the typical off-peak service from the station is:

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Tonbridge   Southeastern
South Eastern Main Line
  Marden
Southeastern
Medway Valley Line
Beltring
Disused railways
Terminus   British Rail
Southern Region

Hawkhurst Branch
  Horsmonden

Gallery

Bus connections

Routes 6, 203, 205 and 296 are available from stops near the station, see List of bus routes in Kent

References

  1. ^ Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region (1984), page 142. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. ISBN 0-85059-664-5
  2. ^ Body, page 143.
  3. ^ Earnshaw, Alan (1993). Trains in Trouble, Volume Eight. Penryn: Atlantic. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-906899-52-4. 
  4. ^ "Rail Crash: Inquiry begins". Tonbridge Free Press: pp. 1, 10. 15 December 1961. 
  5. ^ a b Network Rail Timetable May 2010: Table 207

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