Knockholt railway station
Knockholt railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line, located in the London Borough of Bromley, south-east London. It is down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between and stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 6 and is located next to the Greater London boundary with the Kent district of Sevenoaks. The boundary is the farm bridge at the southern end of the platforms. Location. The station is north-northeast of the village of Knockholt but closer to several other settlements. The station serves several small communities in the Sevenoaks district in  addition to Knockholt; Badgers Mount to the southeast, Well Hill northeast, and Halstead south. Within the Bromley borough Pratt's Bottom is only west-southwest; and also Chelsfield (although having its own railway station, is in parts closer to Knockholt station) at about to the north and west. To avoid confusion with Halstead in Essex it was named after the next closest village. Services. All services at Knockholt are operated by Southeastern using , , and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: Connections onto fast services to London, and can be made by changing at (or during  the peak hours). History. When the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened their "cut off" line through Orpington, Sevenoaks to Tonbridge in 1868, there was no station between Chelsfield and Dunton Green. A Knockholt Vestry meeting in March 1871 resolved to request the SER to build a station for Knockholt but this request was initially refused. Eventually, the SER agreed to provide a station if a £3,000 contribution was provided by "local parties," (). This was raised and "Halstead for Knockholt" (the station being much closer to Halstead than Knockholt) was opened in 1876. Between 1887 and 1915 a twice daily  bus service operated from Knockholt village to the station. In 1899 the SER joined with its arch rival to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR). Alfred Smithers, who had moved to Knockholt in 1881, became deputy chairman of the SECR. At the strong suggestion of Smithers, the station name was changed to "Knockholt" in 1900 to avoid the confusion which had arisen with Halstead Station in Essex (and coincidentally giving Smithers a local station named after his village). Buses. The station is served by the route 3 bus, operated by Go-Coach which runs Monday-Friday between Orpington  and Sevenoaks town centres.