West St Leonards railway station

West St Leonards National Rail
Location
Place Bulverhythe
Local authority Hastings, East Sussex
Grid reference TQ788090
Operations
Station code WLD
Managed by Southeastern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05 73,139
2005/06 Increase 79,816
2006/07 Decrease 71,252
2007/08 Increase 84,455
2008/09 Decrease 82,982
2009/10 Decrease 78,964
2010/11 Decrease 77,956
2011/12 Increase 81,248
2012/13 Decrease 76,864
2013/14 Increase 77,382
2014/15 Increase 0.107 million
History
1887[1] Station opens
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at West St Leonards from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Railway stations in Hastings

Marshlink Line
to Ashford International and London
Ore
Mount Pleasant tunnel
230 yd
210 m
Hastings
Hastings tunnel
788 yd
721 m
Hastings Line
to Tonbridge and London Charing Cross

St Leonards Warrior Square
West St Leonards
Bo-peep tunnel
1318 yd
1205 m
Bopeep Junction
St Leonards West Marina
Bulverhythe
Glyne Gap Halt
East Coastway Line
to Eastbourne and Brighton

West St Leonards railway station is on the main London - Tunbridge Wells - Hastings line in East Sussex, United Kingdom, and is one of four stations that serve Hastings. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

Services

As of May 2010 the typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Tunbridge Wells, and one train per hour to Hastings.[2]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Crowhurst   Southeastern
London Charing Cross - Hastings
  St Leonards
Warrior Square
Crowhurst   Southeastern
Peak Times Only
London Cannon Street - Ore
  St Leonards
Warrior Square

History

It is just north of St Leonards West Marina railway station, a now disused station that was the earliest station serving the area.

Rail layout

The Hastings Line (operated by Southeastern) joins the East Coastway Line (operated by Southern) immediately east of West St Leonards, at Bo-Peep junction, just before entering Bo-Peep tunnel. Plans were made for platforms to be built on the East Coastway Line for interchange but Hastings Borough Council decided that there was no economic or passenger benefit as interchange was already available at the next station (Warrior Square).

References

  1. "station opens". Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  2. Network Rail Timetable May 2010: Table 206

Coordinates: 50°51′11″N 0°32′24″E / 50.853°N 0.540°E / 50.853; 0.540


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