Stonegate railway station explained

Stonegate
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Between Witherenden Hill and Stonegate in the parish of Ticehurst, Rother
Country:England
Coordinates:51.02°N 0.364°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Southeastern
Platforms:2
Code:SOG
Classification:DfT category E
Original:South Eastern Railway
Pregroup:South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Postgroup:Southern Railway
Years:1 September 1851
Events:Opened as Witherenden
Years1:December 1851
Events1:Renamed Ticehurst Road
Years2:16 June 1947
Events2:Renamed Stonegate
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Stonegate railway station (not to be confused with Stone Crossing) is on the Hastings line in the south of England. It is located between Witherenden Hill and Stonegate in the parish of Ticehurst, East Sussex. It is located 43chain66chain down the line from London Charing Cross . The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

Services

All services at Stonegate 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.

History

The South Eastern Railway route between and was authorised in 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. lxiv), and opened in stages: the section between Tunbridge Wells and was opened on 1 September 1851.[1] The station opened the same day named Witherenden[2] (the name of a nearby hamlet), but was renamed in December the same year to Ticehurst Road. It became Stonegate (after a village about 1 mile away) on 16 June 1947.

On 13 April 2014, it emerged that a BlackRock fund manager travelling from the station had dodged an estimated £42,550 over five years in season ticket fares to London by using an unvalidated Oyster card and avoiding ticket inspectors. It is believed to have been the highest fare dodge known in Britain.[3]

References

  1. Book: Dendy Marshall . C.F. . Kidner . R.W. . History of the Southern Railway . 2nd . 1963 . 1937 . . Shepperton . 0-7110-0059-X . 290 .
  2. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 252 .
  3. Web site: City manager 'in £42,550 fare dodge'. 13 April 2014. www.bbc.co.uk.

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