West St Leonards railway station

West St Leonards railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and is one of four stations that serve Hastings, East Sussex. It is 60 miles 59 chains (97.7 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

West St Leonards
The station in 2009
Location
PlaceBulverhythe
Local authorityHastings, East Sussex
Grid referenceTQ788090
Operations
Station codeWLD
Managed bySoutheastern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.107 million
2015/16 0.116 million
2016/17 0.108 million
2017/18 0.116 million
2018/19 0.124 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.
Railway stations
in Hastings
Marshlink line
to Ashford International
 Ore
Mount Pleasant Tunnel (
230 yd
210 m
)
 Hastings
Hastings Tunnel (
788 yd
721 m
)
Hastings line
to Tonbridge
 St Leonards Warrior Square
 West St Leonards
Bopeep Tunnel (
1318 yd
1205 m
)
Bopeep Junction
 St Leonards West Marina
 Bulverhythe
 Glyne Gap Halt
East Coastway line
to Eastbourne & Brighton

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
Hastings Line		   St Leonards
Warrior Square

History

West St Leonards station was constructed in 1887. 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).

The nature of the station layout, with the platforms built on a sharp bend, means that for safety reasons all trains from first to last, must be manually despatched by platform staff.

  • The station building
  • A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around West St Leonards railway station.
  • Bo-Peep junction
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References
  1. "station opens". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  2. Network Rail Timetable May 2010: Table 206


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