Frant railway station

Frant
The station building in 2002
General information
Location	Bells Yew Green, Frant, Wealden, East Sussex England
Grid reference	TQ607363
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FRT
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1851	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.147 million
2019/20	0.138 million
2020/21	25,556
2021/22	71,466
2022/23	90,644
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Frant railway station (upper left, in pink)

Frant railway station is on the Hastings line in East Sussex, England, and serves the civil parish of Frant (although the station is actually located some 1.2 mi (2 km) from the village of that name, in the hamlet of Bells Yew Green). It is 36 miles 53 chains (59.0 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

It is also the nearest station to the Kentish village of Lamberhurst, 4.3 mi (7 km) away: an infrequent bus service (four to five journeys each way on Mondays to Saturdays) links Frant station with Lamberhurst.

History

The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway (SER) at the same time as the route, in 1851, and the original station building, which is situated on the Down (eastern) side of the line, remains in use. Designed by the company's architect, William Tress, and built of local ragstone in a Gothic lodge style, with a canopy added in 1905, it has been a Grade II listed building since 1982. The platforms are staggered: a common arrangement at early SER stations which allowed passengers to cross the line in relative safety behind two trains stopped at the station, although today the platforms are connected by a footbridge. From the 1960s until 1986, the station was served only at peak times on week days. However, since 1986, when the line was electrified, it has been served seven days a week.

Services

All services at Frant are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 1 tph to London Charing Cross
• 1 tph to Hastings

Additional services, including trains to and from and London Cannon Street and Ore call at the station in the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tunbridge Wells		Southeastern Hastings Line		Wadhurst

External links

• Train times and station information for Frant railway station from National Rail
• Historic Railway Buildings of South East England
• Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society