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 and St Leonards, 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
National Rail
The platforms at West St Leonards, looking north
General information
LocationBulverhythe, Hastings, East Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ788090
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWLD
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1887[1]Station opens
Passengers
2017/18Increase 0.116 million
2018/19Increase 0.124 million
2019/20Decrease 0.117 million
2020/21Decrease 34,536
2021/22Increase 0.102 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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
Bopeep Junction and signal box, looking towards Bopeep Tunnel
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

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).

Services

All services at West St Leonards are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services between London Charing Cross and Hastings, increasing the service to 2 tph in each direction. There are also peak hour services to London Cannon Street and Ore.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southeastern

References
  1. "station opens". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  2. Table 206 National Rail timetable, December 2021
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