Train Stations Near Tunbridge Wells: Services, Facilities and the Spa Valley Railway

Tunbridge Wells is well placed for trains, with a main line station in the town centre, a second station at High Brooms on the northern side, and a village station at Frant to the south east. There is also a heritage line, the Spa Valley Railway, for days out. This guide draws on Southeastern, National Rail and the Spa Valley Railway's own pages. Tunbridge Wells.co is an independent directory and is not affiliated with any rail operator, so always check live times before you travel.

What is the main railway station in Tunbridge Wells?

Tunbridge Wells station is on Mount Pleasant Road, TN1 1BT, and is managed by Southeastern, as its station page and the National Rail page both confirm. Platform 1 is for services towards London and platform 2 for services towards Hastings. Southeastern lists staff help from 05:00 to 01:45 Monday to Saturday and 07:20 to 00:30 on Sunday, with the ticket office open 05:55 to 21:40 Monday to Friday, 06:30 to 20:40 on Saturday and 07:45 to 21:55 on Sunday. Facilities include ticket machines, toilets, accessible toilets, a coffee shop, seating, CCTV, a taxi rank on both sides of the station and cycle storage. Southeastern says The Pantiles is a ten minute walk downhill from the station.

At the time of writing (September 2026), Southeastern says the lifts on platform 2 are out of use, and that the nearest stations with step free access are High Brooms and Tonbridge. Read the accessibility section of the station page before you travel, and book assistance if you need it.

Where do the trains go?

Southeastern says trains from London Bridge reach Tunbridge Wells in around 50 minutes. The live departure board on the station page showed London Charing Cross from platform 1 and Hastings from platform 2, with each running at roughly half hourly intervals during the day we checked. We could not confirm from the pages we read which services run to Cannon Street, so use the live board or the journey planner for that. Southeastern also publishes a Trains to Tunbridge Wells page, and its timetables are on its website and app.

What about High Brooms and Frant?

High Brooms station is on North Farm Road, TN2 3XE. Southeastern lists staff help from 06:20 to 19:00 Monday to Friday, 07:10 to 13:50 on Saturday and none on Sunday, with ticket machines and a coffee machine, and its High Brooms page shows Charing Cross and Hastings services on the live board. The page lists a station car park of 52 spaces run by APCOA and 32 cycle spaces outside the entrance, and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust names High Brooms as one of the closest stations to Tunbridge Wells Hospital.

Frant station is at Bells Yew Green, TN3 9BJ, and is much smaller. Southeastern lists staff on Monday to Friday mornings only, 06:25 to 09:45, and describes it as a category B3 station without step free access to platform 1. Its live board on the day we checked showed Hastings services from platform 2 and Charing Cross services from platform 1 at a much lower frequency than the town centre. Tonbridge is the other nearby station, and Southeastern has a Tonbridge station page. We did not check Ashurst, so look at National Rail if you need it.

Is there parking at the stations?

Southeastern lists car parking at Tunbridge Wells operated by APCOA and Southeastern and says parking is free for disabled customers with a valid Blue Badge, provided you register your vehicle in advance on APCOA's blue badge portal. Prices and space numbers differ between the pages we read, so use Southeastern's car parks page for current details. The borough council's Torrington car park is close to the station and the council says it offers Southeastern season tickets and reserved red bays for ticket holders arriving before 10.30am on weekdays. The council's Torrington car park page has the details, and cycle storage is available at the station, with 118 spaces listed at Tunbridge Wells.

What is the Spa Valley Railway?

The Spa Valley Railway is a heritage line that runs through the High Weald, and it describes itself as operating since 1997. Its stations are Tunbridge Wells West, High Rocks, Groombridge and Eridge, according to its stations page. Tunbridge Wells West is off Neville Terrace, TN2 5QY, and the railway's finding us page names the council's Pantiles and Old Coach Park car parks as nearby options. It says that you can travel to Eridge on mainline trains operated by Southern, where there is a 100 space pay and display car park. Southeastern's Tunbridge Wells page says children travel free on a Spa Valley train with a valid mainline ticket on Green, Yellow and Purple timetable days. The railway's own site showed its next service day as Saturday 3 October 2026, and it runs on specific days rather than daily, so check its timetable before you go.

Are there railcards and savings?

Southeastern sells several railcards on its website, including the Network Railcard, Senior Railcard, Two Together, 16-17 Saver, 16-25, 26-30, Family and Friends, Disabled and Veterans railcards, along with digital railcards and PlusBus and Kent Rover tickets. Eligibility and prices are on the Southeastern site, so check them there before you buy.

Are there any planned closures?

Southeastern and Network Rail have published a Tonbridge to Wadhurst line closure page. It says the main closure runs from Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November, for work that includes renewing slab track in Grove Hill Tunnel, just south of Tunbridge Wells. Rail replacement buses are expected, so if you plan to use the line over the autumn half-term, look at the page first.

Quick answers

Tunbridge Wells is the main station (TN1 1BT), High Brooms is on North Farm Road (TN2 3XE), and Frant is a small village station. Southeastern runs to Charing Cross and Hastings, and London Bridge is about 50 minutes away. The Spa Valley Railway is the heritage option.

See also our other Tunbridge Wells guides: parking, buses and EV charging points.