Doleham railway station

Doleham
Location
Place	Doleham
Local authority	Rother
Coordinates	50°55′08″N 0°36′40″E / 50.919°N 0.611°E / 50.919; 0.611Coordinates: 50°55′08″N 0°36′40″E / 50.919°N 0.611°E / 50.919; 0.611
Grid reference	TQ835164
Operations
Station code	DLH
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	38,666
2012/13	28,102
2013/14	8,166
2014/15	6,650
2015/16	6,496[1]
History
Original company	South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
1 July 1907 (1907-07-01)	Opened as Guestling Halt
?	Renamed Doleham Halt
5 May 1969	Renamed Doleham
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Doleham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Doleham railway station is a small, single platformed wayside halt in East Sussex, England. It is on the Marshlink Line, and train services are provided by Southern. The station is unstaffed but there is a ticket machine that was installed in 2016. ^[2]

Services

The station was opened on 1 July 1907. At first named Guestling Halt, it was later renamed Doleham Halt, before being simplified to Doleham on 5 May 1969.^[3] Originally it had two platforms but in 1979 the line was singled and the down platform was abandoned with all trains now using the former up platform.^[4] This is now a limited service station as it serves only a handful of houses (Doleham takes its name from Doleham Farm). Nonetheless the area is popular with walkers at weekends; prior to December 2005 the station used to be served by an hourly service between Ashford and Hastings but stops here were reduced when this service was expanded to run through to Brighton due to both a lack of patronage, a desire to reduce journeys times on the longer distance Brighton service and a need to maintain schedules on the single track section of the Marshlink line between Appledore and Ore.

Trains run to Hastings, with a daily service to/from Brighton, and Ashford International. There are three trains per day towards Ashford International and four trains per day towards Hastings, two of which are extended to Brighton. There is an ongoing campaign by local people which seeks to restore a regular service to this station, as well as neighbouring stations at Three Oaks and Winchelsea.

References

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Three Oaks		Southern Marshlink Line		Winchelsea
	Historical railways
Three Oaks Line and station open		South Eastern and Chatham Railway South Eastern Railway		Snailham Halt Line open, station closed