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The former down island platform was then abandoned but was restored by the Spa Valley Railway, a preserved railway company, who reopened the railway between Eridge and Tunbridge Wells West on 25 March 2011, with trains using the former down line for about 1 mile (1.6 km) north to Birchden Junction where the parallel single lines diverge.
It became a through station in 1851 when the line opened to Robertsbridge and a year later opened through to Hastings. The LBSCR line from Grove Junction to Tunbridge Wells (West) opened in 1867 for goods and 1876 for passenger. Immediately after becoming part of the Southern Railway in 1923 the station was named Tunbridge Wells Central.
The Station Approach in the early 1900s. A Yablochkov candle can be seen on the left of the picture.. The station was opened in 1866 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR), as the eastern terminus of the East Grinstead, Groombridge and Tunbridge Wells Railway (EGGTWR), itself an extension to the Three Bridges to East Grinstead Railway, which had been completed in 1855.
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In 2009 Network Rail installed a 12-car turnback siding just south of Tunbridge Wells station between the Grove Hill and Strawberry Hill tunnels to facilitate a more frequent service and to allow restricted types of London trains starting or terminating at Tunbridge Wells to be operated in 12-car formations. Previously such services were 11-car ...
Controversial proposals to increase charges for council-owned car parks and on-street parking areas in Shropshire have been recommended for approval. The plans, which would see an increase in fees ...
The original Tunbridge Wells West station building. The railway was engineered by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) Chief Engineer Frederick Banister, as part of the East Grinstead, Groombridge and Tunbridge Wells Railway (EGGTWR). This being an extension to the Three Bridges–Tunbridge Wells line which had been completed ...
The Station Multi-story car Park built in 2014. The multi-story car park with a capacity of 142 cars was inaugurated in 2014. Southeastern rail company funded the expansion with a cost of £1.9 million. Jo Johnson, who was serving as the MP for Orpington, as well as David Statham, Southeastern's Managing Director at the time, were hosting the ...