St Leonards West Marina railway station

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St Leonards West Marina

Site of West Marina Station, remains of the platforms can be seen on the right

Location

Location

West St Leonards

Area

Hastings, East Sussex

Grid reference

TQ787089

Operations

Pre-grouping

Brighton Lewes and Hastings Railway

Post-grouping

Southern Region of British Railways

Platforms

History

7 November 1846

Opened (Hastings & St Leonards)

13 February 1851

Renamed (St Leonards)

5 December 1870

Renamed (St Leonards West Marina)

1882

Resited east

10 July 1967

Closed^[1]

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St Leonards West Marina is a closed railway station in the West St Leonards area of the borough of Hastings, East Sussex.

The line along the coast from Brighton opened on 24th June 1846 to a temporary terminus named Hastings Bulverhythe railway station. It was extended a short distance to the east on 7th November 1846 to its permanent terminus called Hastings & St. Leonards. A few years later the tunnels were blasted through to Hastings and the station's name was shortened to St Leonards and changed again to West Marina in 1870.

Over time a coal yard with sidings, freight sheds, engine sheds and a turntable where incorporated and West St Leonards railway station was a busy, thriving station. In the 1930s the line was electrified and as steam power gradually declined the use of the engine sheds, turntable, coaling and watering points lessened, until in 1967 the station itself closed to traffic.

Remnants of West Marina Station can still be found behind the car park of an MFI warehouse store. Where the engine sheds stood is now a train washing facility which was built in 1958; MFI and a row of houses now stand were the coal yard and freight sheds once stood. The remains of both platforms can also still be seen.