Winchelsea railway station

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Winchelsea

Location

Place

Winchelsea

Local authority

Rother

Operations

Station code

WSE

Managed by

Southern

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

7,728

2005/06 *

6,657

History

Key dates

Opened 13 February 1851

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Winchelsea from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Winchelsea railway station serves the small town of Winchelsea, East Sussex, England. It is on the Marshlink Line 15 km (9¼ miles) north east of Hastings, and train services are provided by Southern. The station has one platform and is located around a mile from Winchelsea itself. It is unstaffed. Access to the town is uphill along a narrow and busy road which is without pavements, and hazardous to pedestrians.

There is currently a limited service to Winchelsea. Before December 2005, Winchelsea along with nearby stations at Doleham and Three Oaks had an hourly service. Local campaign groups THWART and the Marshlink Action Group are campaigning for services to be increased. An hourly 711 bus service between Rye and Hastings is also available.

[edit] Services

There is a limited service to Winchelsea with three trains a day eastbound to Hastings and three trains a day westbound to Ashford International. The trains generally run at inconvenient times early in the morning or late at night.