Leigh (Kent)
Location
Place	Leigh
Local authority	Sevenoaks
Coordinates	51°11′38″N 0°12′40″E / 51.194°N 0.211°E / 51.194; 0.211Coordinates: 51°11′38″N 0°12′40″E / 51.194°N 0.211°E / 51.194; 0.211
Operations
Station code	LIH
Managed by	Southern
Platforms in use	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	39,805
2005/06 *	43,359
2006/07 *	44,535
2007/08 *	47,944
History
1911	Opened (Leigh Halt)
1917	Renamed (Lyghe Halt)
1960	Renamed (Leigh Halt)
1969	Renamed (Leigh)
1993	Electrified
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Leigh (Kent) from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Leigh railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Leigh in Kent. It opened as "Leigh Halt" in 1911; was renamed "Lyghe Halt" in 1917; "Leigh Halt" again about 1960; and "Leigh" in 1969. (Leigh is pronounced as in lie, but rail enquiries staff often expect a pronunciation of lee.). The station was destaffed around 1967.

In 1993 the line was electrified and services started to run through to London rather than being an extenison 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. The station was until December 2008 operated by Southeastern before it transferred to Southern, whose green signage was installed before October 2008.

[edit] Services

The typical off peak service is one train per hour east to Tonbridge railway station, and west to London Charing Cross via Redhill and East Croydon.

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

[edit] See also

• Lee railway station in south east London (similar sounding name)
• Lye railway station in the West Midlands (similar sounding name)

[edit] References

• Sheffield Railway Auctions page provided details of the name changes

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