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Hurst Green railway station serves Hurst Green in Surrey, in England. Train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the Oxted Line.On the London-bound platform is a manned ticket office (staffed for most of the day) and a self-service passenger-operated ticket machine is located outside the station on the London-bound side. A self-service PERTIS (permit to travel) passenger-operated coin-in-the-slot ticket machine is available on London-bound Platform 1 for use when the ticket office is closed.ServicesThe typical off-peak service is:2tph to London Victoria via Oxted1tph to London Bridge via Oxted2tph to East Grinstead.1tph to Uckfield.HistoryThe original Hurst Green Halt opened 1 June 1907 with short wooden platforms It was sited between the road bridge and the junction between the East Grinstead/Uckfield lines. This halt was closed on 12 June 1961 and the present station was opened on the northside of the bridge. It now serves as a main station on the Oxted Line.

Tandridge is a local government district in Surrey, England containing part of the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Weald and the towns of Warlingham, Caterham, Oxted, Godstone and Lingfield. The area has several woodlands and some open heathland. Elevations range from 267m at Botley Hill, North Downs to 42m above sea level near Edenbridge. The district council offices are usually said to be in Oxted, despite officially being within the Limpsfield parish boundaries.HistoryIt is named for a hillside village and slope on the south slope of the North Downs, Tandridge. The early local government Tandridge hundred of Surrey covered roughly the same area. Through the 19th century, hundreds lost relevance and urban and rural districts replaced any remaining functions in 1894.The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Caterham and Warlingham urban district along with Godstone Rural District. Since 2000, civil parish councils once again cover the district.