Stonegate railway station

Stonegate
Location
Place	Between Witherenden Hill and Stonegate in the parish of Ticehurst
Local authority	Rother
Coordinates	51°01′12″N 0°21′50″E / 51.020°N 0.364°E / 51.020; 0.364Coordinates: 51°01′12″N 0°21′50″E / 51.020°N 0.364°E / 51.020; 0.364
Grid reference	TQ658271
Operations
Station code	SOG
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.157 million
2005/06	0.160 million
2006/07	0.164 million
2007/08	0.160 million
2008/09	0.162 million
2009/10	0.153 million
2010/11	0.153 million
History
Original company	South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
1 September 1851	Opened as Witherenden
December 1851	Renamed Ticehurst Road
16 June 1947	Renamed Stonegate
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stonegate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Stonegate railway station is on the Hastings Line in East Sussex in England. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

Services

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Tunbridge Wells, and one train per hour to Hastings.^[1]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wadhurst		Southeastern Hastings Line Stopping		Etchingham

History

The South Eastern Railway route between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings was authorised in 1846 (9 & 10 Vic. cap. LXIV), and opened in stages: the section between Tunbridge Wells and Robertsbridge was opened on 1 September 1851.^[2] One of the stations opened the same day was originally named Witherenden^[3] (the name of a nearby hamlet), but was renamed in December the same year to Ticehurst Road.^[4] It became Stonegate (after a village about 1 mile away) on 16 June 1947.^[5]

References

1. ↑ Table 206 National Rail timetable, May 2011
2. ↑ Dendy Marshall, C.F.; Kidner, R.W. (1963) [1937]. History of the Southern Railway (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 290. ISBN 0-7110-0059-X. 
3. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 252. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. 
4. ↑ Butt 1995, pp. 252,229
5. ↑ Butt 1995, pp. 229,221

External links

• Train times and station information for Stonegate railway station from National Rail