Bexhill railway station explained

Bexhill
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Bexhill-on-Sea, Rother
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Southern
Platforms:2
Code:BEX
Classification:DfT category E
Years:27 June 1846
Events:opened as Bexhill
Years1:1902
Events1:resited
Years2:9 July 1923
Events2:renamed Bexhill Central
Years3:?
Events3:renamed Bexhill
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

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

The station is a grade II listed building, 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 unmanned.

Services

All services at Bexhill are operated by Southern using EMUs and DMUs.

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

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

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