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== Transport == === Roads === Hawkhurst (Kent) lies at the intersection of the A229 and A268 (see map). The village lies on the route of a [[Roman road]] which crossed the [[Weald]] here. === Railway === {{Main|Hawkhurst Branch Line}} A railway station was built in Hawkhurst in 1892, to the west side of the Cranbrook Road, on the northern edge of the village. It was rarely busy except during hop picking time, when up to 26 special trains per day, each carrying up to 350 Cockneys from London, would arrive at Hawkhurst β up to 10,000 people per day. As this declined, the station became uneconomic, and it was closed in 1961. The station site is now an industrial area just off the Cranbrook Road, but some original buildings are still standing and in a good state of preservation. The nearest open station is now [[Etchingham railway station|Etchingham]]. === Buses === Hawkhurst is served by the [[Stagecoach South East]] bus routes 254, 304 and 349. These provide connections to [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]], [[Wadhurst]], [[Robertsbridge]], [[Battle, East Sussex|Battle]], [[Bodiam]] and [[Hastings]].<ref> {{cite web|url= https://www.stagecoachbus.com/routes/south-east/254/hurst-green-tunbridge-wells/xfao254.o|title= Routes 254: Tunbridge Wells to Hawkhurst|work= Stagecoach South East, August 2020}} </ref><ref> {{cite web|url= https://www.stagecoachbus.com/routes/south-east/304/hastings-hawkhurst/xfao304.o|title= Route 304: Hawkhurst to Hastings via Battle|work= Stagecoach South East, August 2020}} </ref><ref> {{cite web|url= https://www.stagecoachbus.com/routes/south-east/349/hawkhurst-hastings/xfao349.i|title= Route 349: Hawkhurst to Hastings via Bodiam|work= Stagecoach South East, August 2020}} </ref> The village is also served by the [[Arriva Southern Counties]] route 5 to [[Sandhurst, Kent|Sandhurst]], [[Staplehurst]] and [[Maidstone]].<ref> {{cite web|url= https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/kent-and-surrey/services/5---maidstone-to-sandhurst/?direction=outbound|title= Route 5: Maidstone to Sandhurst|work= Arriva Southern Counties, August 2020}} </ref>
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