West St Leonards railway station


West St Leonards railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and is one of four stations that serve Hastings, East Sussex. It is down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

Services

As of May 2010 the typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Tunbridge Wells, and one train per hour to Hastings.

History

West St Leonards station was constructed in 1887. It is just north of St Leonards West Marina railway station, a now disused station that was the earliest station serving the area.

Rail layout

The Hastings Line joins the East Coastway Line immediately east of West St Leonards, at Bo-Peep junction, just before entering Bo-Peep tunnel. Plans were made for platforms to be built on the East Coastway Line for interchange but Hastings Borough Council decided that there was no economic or passenger benefit as interchange was already available at the next station.
The nature of the station layout, with the platforms built on a sharp bend, means that for safety reasons all trains from first to last, must be manually despatched by platform staff.

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