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| The main platform at Hawkshurt (KD Collection) |
| Information | |
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| Type: | National Rail (Hawkhurst Branch Line) |
| Opened: | 1893 |
| Closed: | 1961 |
| Platforms: | 2 |
The station was opened by the Cranbrook & Paddock Wood Railway in 1893 when the line from Paddock Wood was extended from Goudhurst. Hawkhurst remained the line's terminus although there were unrealised plans to extend the line to Rye thus the station was designed as a through station.
Hawkhurst station was later owned by the South Eastern Railway and Southern Railway. The station had two platforms, a main platform and a shorter bay platform. There was a small goods yard and a locomotive shed. The station was closed in 1961 along with the rest of the line.
Little now remains of Hawkhurst station though it gives it's name to a modern business park built on the site.
