Bexhill railway station
Bexhill  | |||||
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 377 101 at Bexhill station, looking east | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Bexhill-on-Sea, Rother England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ743075 | ||||
| Manager | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BEX | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 27 June 1846 | opened as Bexhill | ||||
| 1902 | resited | ||||
| 9 July 1923 | renamed Bexhill Central | ||||
| ? | renamed Bexhill | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  0.582 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  1.298 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1.400 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1.384 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 1.489 million | ||||
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Bexhill railway station serves Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern.
History
The first station to serve the town opened in 1846 was on the up and down sides across the top of Station Square, now Devonshire Square. The present station was opened in June 1902 and replaced the previous station. Platforms of the new station overlapped the old station and therefore there were exceptionally long platforms, approximately 960 yards (878 m). The station was known as Bexhill Central after July 1923, when the Southern Railway was formed. This was because the former SECR establishment in Terminus Road took was also Bexhill. Bexhill Central reverted to Bexhill sometime after the SECR establishment closed in June 1964.[1]
Description
The station is a grade II listed building,[2] and a restoration project to the platform canopies and ticket office area was completed in the summer of 2008.
The station is accredited as part of the Department for Transport's Secure Stations scheme, with a digital CCTV system in place. It is staffed during the daytime but not late in the evenings.
The station has ticket barrier access only, prior to this the station was often unstaffed.
Services
All services at Bexhill are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs and Class 171 DMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
- 1 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
- 1 tph to Brighton (semi-fast)
- 1 tph to Eastbourne (stopping)
- 2 tph to Ore
- 1 tph to Ashford International
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Southern | ||||
References
- ↑ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 80
- ↑ Historic England. "Bexhill Central Railway Station (Grade II) (1379825)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ Table 190, 192 National Rail timetable, June 2024
External links
- Train times and station information for Bexhill railway station from National Rail