At a glance
Station details
- Bicycle parking
- Yes
- Storage Sheltered
- No
- Storage Location
- Platform 1
- Storage Spaces
- 4
- Storage CCTV
- Yes
- PlusBike (Cycle hire)
- No
- Additional Notes
- Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.
- Car Park
- Yes
- Free of Charge
- No
- CCTV Coverage
- No
- Car Park Operator
- APCOA Parking UK
- Address
- No
- Phone Number
- Primary telephone number: 01895 262122 Alternate public telephone number: 0345 222 7262
- Web Address
- Note
- No
- Opening Hours
- Monday to Sunday - 24 hours
- Number of Spaces
- 17
- Taxis
- No
- Accessible Taxis
- No
- Impaired Mobility set down and pick up points available
- No dedicated area
- Airport
- No
- Ticket Office
- No
- Height Adjusted ticket office counter
- No
- Induction Loop
- Yes
- Ticket Machines
- Yes
- Accessible Ticket Machines
All Southern ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts.
Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.
- Collection of Pre-Purchased tickets
- Yes
- Penalty Fares
- Applicable Operators: Southern
- Smart cards issued
- No
- Smart cards validated
- Yes
- Get Oyster cards here
- No
- Use Oyster pay as you go
- No
- Top up Oyster cards
- No
- Staff help available opening times
- A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station. Station staff are not usually available, however on-train staff are available to assist you on and off some services. Monday to Friday - Closed Saturday - Closed Sunday - Closed
- Passenger Information Systems available
- DepartureScreens Announcements
- Customer Help Points
- Yes
- Customer Services
- Assistance can be provided via the help points, located on the platforms, at all times of the day.
- Location for rail replacement services
- Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.
- Left Luggage
- No
- Lost Luggage
If you have lost something at a Southern station or onboard a Southern train, please visit the Southern website and use the webform to register your lost item.
Some Southern trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below). You should consider logging your lost item with them, just in case it's been handed in at one of their stations.
- Thameslink
- South Western Railway
- Southeastern
- Transport for London including London Overground
- London North Western Railway
If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.
- Ticket Gates
- No
- CCTV
- Yes
- ATM Machine
- No
- Bureau de Change
- No
- First Class Lounge
- No
- Internet Kiosk Available
- No
- Pay Phone
- Yes
- Accessible Public telephones
- No
- Post Box
- No
- Public Wi-Fi
- There is no WIFI at this station. However, WIFI is available onboard trains which serve this station. More information about onboard WIFI can be found on the Southern website.
- Shops
- No
- Toilets
- No
- Baby Changing facilities
- No
- National Key toilets
- No
- Showers
- No
- Trolleys
- No
- Tourist information office
- No
- Waiting Rooms
- There is an unheated shelter on both platforms.
- Seating
- Yes
- Staff help available opening times
- A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station. Station staff are not usually available, however on-train staff are available to assist you on and off some services. Monday to Friday - Closed Saturday - Closed Sunday - Closed
- Helpline Number
For help with planning your journey, or to book assistance, please contact our assisted travel helpline on:
- Phone - 0800 138 1016
- Textphone - 0800 138 1018
- Helplines Opening times
Assistance can be pre booked up to two hours before departure by contacting Assisted Travel.
If you choose to travel unbooked (turn up and go), when the station is staffed, our station staff can provide assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Please contact a member of staff on arrival.
Most trains at this station have on board staff who are trained to step onto the platform when the train arrives so they can provide assistance on and off the train. You can also arrange assistance by:
- Pressing the emergency & assisted travel button on a station Help Point
- Calling our Assisted Travel team on: 0800 138 1016
- Texting us on: 0800 138 1018
Whether you pre book assistance or travel on a 'turn up and go' basis, we recommend arriving 20 minutes prior to your train departing. This is to allow us to make sure arrangements are in place at your destination, or interchange, station such as the availability of staff and lifts. If there is insufficient time to check these arrangements, we may assist you onto the next available train.
For further information on assisted travel please see:
- Ramp for train Access
- Yes
- Step Free Access
This is a Category B1 station: Step free access to platform 1 (to Ashford International). Short path and gentle ramp to platform 2 (to Hastings). Access between platforms via level crossing.
Assistance Meeting Point is on platform 1 under the shelter.
- Wheelchairs Available
- No