Police say they were called to the Mount Pleasant Road train station around 7.45am on Thursday February 10 after a car hit a column supporting the canopy to the entrance to Platform 1.
The driver was interviewed by police and later taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
No other vehicles were involved in the incident that happened at the back of the station outside Platform 1, but a young woman narrowly missed being hurt as she withdrew money from the cash machine.
One witness told the Times: “It was an SUV type car and the driver just seemed to fail to stop. I’m not sure if they pressed the wrong pedal but it went straight into the pillar.
“A lady was using the cash machine and the car came to a stop just inches away from her. It was quite scary but thankfully nobody was hurt.”
Southeastern asked passengers to use the entrance via Platform 2 following the incident as the rail provider checked the safety of the canopy over the station entrance.
It re-opened two hours later.
A spokesperson for Kent Police said: “Kent Police was called at around 7.45am on Thursday 10 February to a report that a car had collided with the front of Tunbridge Wells railway station.
“Officers attended the scene and spoke to the driver who later attended a local hospital for treatment to minor injuries.”
