Winchelsea railway station

This article is about the English railway station. For the Australian station, see Winchelsea railway station, Victoria.

Winchelsea
Location
Place	Winchelsea
Local authority	Rother
Operations
Station code	WSE
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	7,728
2005/06 *	6,657
2006/07 *	1,624
2007/08 *	1,325
2008/09 *	1,090
2009/10 *	974
History
Opened 13 February 1851 (13 February 1851)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Winchelsea from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Winchelsea railway station is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Winchelsea and is actually in the neighbouring parish of Udimore. It is on the Marshlink Line 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north east of Hastings, and train services are provided by Southern. The station originally had two platforms, but in 1979, the line was singled and only the up platform is now in use. The former down platform and station building are now converted to a private house.

Location

The station is in an isolated location. It is not a convenient way of getting to or from Winchelsea, especially outside daylight hours. One has to walk down an unlit and winding county lane and then climb a steep hill, walking along the A259 trunk road, which does not have a pavement. Being so isolated and given the limited stopping service, it little used other than by walkers visiting the Brede Valley. Local people may book a free lift to and from the station through a voluntary scheme run through the village post office.

An ungated level crossing means that all trains must slow down to a maximum of 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) at this location.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and there are no ticket issuing facilities available.

Parking facilities are available at the station.

History

Between December 2005 and 2010, there was a very limited service to Winchelsea, of just three or four trains a day in each direction at inconvenient times. Prior to this, there had been an hourly service. Local campaign groups THWART and the Marshlink Action Group have campaigned for services to be increased, and from December 2010, a two-hourly service in each direction has been restored.

Services

There is a two-hourly service to Winchelsea with trains to Brighton and Ashford International.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Doleham or Ore or Hastings		Southern Marshlink Line		Rye
	Historical railways
Snailham Halt Line open, station closed		South Eastern and Chatham Railway South Eastern Railway		Rye Line and station open