| Battle | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Battle, Rother, East Sussex |
| Country: | England |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Southeastern |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | BAT |
| Classification: | DfT category D |
| Years: | 1 January 1852 |
| Events: | Opened |
| Years1: | 1986 |
| Events1: | Lengthened and electrified |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Battle railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves the town of Battle, East Sussex. It is 55chain46chain down the line from London Charing Cross . The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.
It was opened on 1 January 1852 and line to Hastings opening a month later. The Gothic-style station building, designed by William Tress, is Grade II listed.
Battle station consists of two platforms linked by a footbridge (with steps on both sides) and a station building housing a ticket office and waiting room. Train information is provided in the form of automated announcements, displays and poster timetables. All the original sidings have now gone and now form part of the car park. The platforms are staggered and originally did not overlap as they do now, but were extended to cater for eight-carriage trains before the 1986 electrification of the line by British Rail.
All services at Battle are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
Additional services, including trains to and from and London Cannon Street and call at the station in the peak hours.
No bus services now run from directly outside the station, although bus routes 95 and 1066 towards Hastings, Hastings Conquest Hospital, Bexhill-on-Sea, Hawkhurst and Tunbridge Wells stop at the end of the long approach road. These services are all operated by Stagecoach South East.[1]