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Bexhill railway station

Coordinates: 50°50′28″N 0°28′37″E / 50.841°N 0.477°E / 50.841; 0.477
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Bexhill
National Rail
377 101 at Bexhill station, looking east
General information
LocationBexhill-on-Sea, Rother
England
Grid referenceTQ743075
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBEX
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
27 June 1846opened as Bexhill
1902resited
9 July 1923renamed Bexhill Central
?renamed Bexhill
Passengers
2019/20Increase 1.502 million
2020/21Decrease 0.582 million
2021/22Increase 1.298 million
2022/23Increase 1.400 million
2023/24Decrease 1.384 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Bexhill.
The station building

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

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Bexhill Station is the third station on this site. The present station was opened in June 1902 and replaced a previous station positioned on both sides of the track across the top of Devonshire Road. The new station had exceptionally long platforms, approximately 960 yards. 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. The previous stations on this site were the first station of 1847 which was sited west of the present down platform. The second station was on the up and down sides across the top of Station Square, now Devonshire Square.

Description

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The station is a grade II listed building,[1] and a restoration project to the platform canopies and ticket office area was completed in the summer of 2008.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

The station has ticket barrier access only, prior to this the station was often unmanned.[citation needed]

Services

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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:[2]

  • 1 tph to ‹See TfM›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 National Rail Following station
Southern

References

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  1. ^ Historic England. "Bexhill Central Railway Station (Grade II) (1379825)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. ^ Table 190, 192 National Rail timetable, June 2024
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