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[[File:Winchelsea 8 82 copy.jpg|thumb|left|Winchelsea station, August 1982]]
[[File:Winchelsea 8 82 copy.jpg|thumb|left|Winchelsea station, August 1982]]


The station is in an isolated location.{{sfn|Course|1974|p=67}} It is not a convenient way of getting to or from Winchelsea, especially outside daylight hours. The route involves walking down an unlit and winding country lane and then climbing a steep hill, walking along the A259 trunk road, which does not have a pavement.<ref>{{cite book|title=Slow Travel Sussex: South Downs, Weald & Coast|first=Tim|last=Locke|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|year=2017|page=273|isbn=978-1-784-77042-6}}</ref> The journey takes about 15 minutes. As an alternative, Stagecoach bus route 100 runs from {{rws|Rye|East Sussex}} and stops in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/winchelsea-east-sussex|title=Winchelsea, East Sussex|work=National Trust|accessdate=11 October 2019}}</ref>
The station is in an isolated location.{{sfn|Course|1974|p=67}} It is not a convenient way of getting to or from Winchelsea, especially outside daylight hours. The route involves walking down an unlit and winding country lane and then climbing a steep hill, walking along the A259 trunk road, which does not have a pavement.<ref>{{cite book|title=Slow Travel Sussex: South Downs, Weald & Coast|first=Tim|last=Locke|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|year=2017|page=273|isbn=978-1-784-77042-6}}</ref> The journey takes about 15 minutes. As an alternative, Stagecoach bus route 100 runs from {{rws|Rye|East Sussex}} and stops in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/winchelsea-east-sussex|title=Winchelsea, East Sussex|work=National Trust|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>


Being isolated and given the limited stopping service, it is little used other than by walkers visiting the Brede Valley.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} Local people may book a free lift to and from the station via a voluntary scheme run through Winchelsea Farm Kitchen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.winchelsea.com/town-life/|title=Town life|publisher=Winchelsea Corporation|accessdate=11 October 2019}}</ref>
Being isolated and given the limited stopping service, it is little used other than by walkers visiting the Brede Valley.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} Local people may book a free lift to and from the station via a voluntary scheme run through Winchelsea Farm Kitchen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.winchelsea.com/town-life/|title=Town life|publisher=Winchelsea Corporation|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>


==Facilities==
==Facilities==
The buildings have been sold into private ownership and so this station is unstaffed.{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|1987|loc=fig. 35}} There is a ticket machine at the station.
The buildings have been sold into private ownership and so this station is unstaffed.{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|1987|loc=fig. 35}} There is a ticket machine at the station.


Free parking facilities are available at the station.<ref>{{cite web | title =Essential Information | work =Winchelsea Walk | publisher =East Sussex County Council | date =March 2004 | url =http://www.winchelsea.com/WinchelseaWalkwebversion.pdf | accessdate =22 February 2012 }}</ref>
Free parking facilities are available at the station.<ref>{{cite web | title =Essential Information | work =Winchelsea Walk | publisher =East Sussex County Council | date =March 2004 | url =http://www.winchelsea.com/WinchelseaWalkwebversion.pdf | access-date =22 February 2012 }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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Traffic was very sparse and the station closed on 1 September, in part because it was impossible to access the town without crossing private land. The Mayor of Winchelsea campaigned for reopening and negotiating access with the respective landowner, and the SER agreed to open the station on 4 December.{{sfn|Gray|1990|pp=210–212}} A resignalling programme took place in the early 1890s.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=213}}
Traffic was very sparse and the station closed on 1 September, in part because it was impossible to access the town without crossing private land. The Mayor of Winchelsea campaigned for reopening and negotiating access with the respective landowner, and the SER agreed to open the station on 4 December.{{sfn|Gray|1990|pp=210–212}} A resignalling programme took place in the early 1890s.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=213}}


The station gradually reduced its facilities. In 1961, the station building was sold off, and has since been in private hands.{{sfn|Course|1974|p=69}} By 1969, the signal box and goods siding had been removed, and by the early 1970s the shelter canopy was removed and the post of crossing keeper was discontinued.{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|1987|loc=figs. 35, 36}} On 1 October 1979, the line was reduced to single track to reduce operational costs. The down platform (to Hastings) was removed; since then all trains have stopped at the one remaining platform.{{sfn|Sissons|2008|p=411}} A {{convert|20|mph}} speed limit was imposed on the line approaching Winchelsea.<ref name=rus>{{cite document|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/kent/consultation%20responses/b/bexhill%20rail%20action%20group.pdf|title=Letter from Bexhill Rail Action Group to RUS Programme Manager|publisher=Network Rail|year=2009|page=6|accessdate=26 August 2016}}</ref> The wooden shelter on the remaining (up) platform was replaced by a conventional modern shelter in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentrail.org.uk/winchelsea.htm|title=Winchelsea|first=David|last=Glasspool|work=Kent Rail|accessdate=13 October 2019}}</ref>
The station gradually reduced its facilities. In 1961, the station building was sold off, and has since been in private hands.{{sfn|Course|1974|p=69}} By 1969, the signal box and goods siding had been removed, and by the early 1970s the shelter canopy was removed and the post of crossing keeper was discontinued.{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|1987|loc=figs. 35, 36}} On 1 October 1979, the line was reduced to single track to reduce operational costs. The down platform (to Hastings) was removed; since then all trains have stopped at the one remaining platform.{{sfn|Sissons|2008|p=411}} A {{convert|20|mph}} speed limit was imposed on the line approaching Winchelsea.<ref name=rus>{{cite document|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/kent/consultation%20responses/b/bexhill%20rail%20action%20group.pdf|title=Letter from Bexhill Rail Action Group to RUS Programme Manager|publisher=Network Rail|year=2009|page=6|access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref> The wooden shelter on the remaining (up) platform was replaced by a conventional modern shelter in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentrail.org.uk/winchelsea.htm|title=Winchelsea|first=David|last=Glasspool|work=Kent Rail|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref>


Local campaign groups Three Oaks and Winchelsea Action for Rail Transport (THWART) and the Marshlink Action Group (MLAG) campaigned for services to be increased, and from December 2010 a two-hourly service in each direction was restored.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kentish-express-ashford-district/20091021/282041913195888|title=All Change on the Old Diesel Marshlink line|work=Kentish Express|date=21 October 2009|accessdate=11 October 2019}}</ref> In 2015, trains began stopping at the station on Sundays, after a ten-year campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ryeandbattleobserver.co.uk/news/sunday-trains-resume-at-winchelsea-and-three-oaks-1-7095059|title=Sunday trains resume at Winchelsea and Three Oaks|work=Rye and Battle Observer|date=1 December 2015}}</ref>
Local campaign groups Three Oaks and Winchelsea Action for Rail Transport (THWART) and the Marshlink Action Group (MLAG) campaigned for services to be increased, and from December 2010 a two-hourly service in each direction was restored.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kentish-express-ashford-district/20091021/282041913195888|title=All Change on the Old Diesel Marshlink line|work=Kentish Express|date=21 October 2009|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> In 2015, trains began stopping at the station on Sundays, after a ten-year campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ryeandbattleobserver.co.uk/news/sunday-trains-resume-at-winchelsea-and-three-oaks-1-7095059|title=Sunday trains resume at Winchelsea and Three Oaks|work=Rye and Battle Observer|date=1 December 2015}}</ref>


==Services==
==Services==
There is a two-hourly service to Winchelsea with trains to Eastbourne and [[Ashford International railway station|Ashford International]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/nov/14/lets-move-to-winchelsea-east-sussex|title=Let's move to Winchelsea, East Sussex|newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 November 2014|accessdate=11 October 2019}}</ref> Station stops are usually shared in each alternate hour with [[Three Oaks railway station|Three Oaks]] making it difficult to travel directly between these two stations. Until May 2018, southbound services ran as express services to Brighton, but this service was discontinued and a stopping service to Eastbourne was introduced, due to long journey times and lack of rolling stock, which caused overcrowding, especially between Brighton and Eastbourne.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/plans-to-axe-direct-rail-service-criticised-1-8036956|title=Plans to axe direct rail service criticised|work=Bexhill Observer|date=3 July 2017|accessdate=11 October 2019}}</ref>
There is a two-hourly service to Winchelsea with trains to Eastbourne and [[Ashford International railway station|Ashford International]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/nov/14/lets-move-to-winchelsea-east-sussex|title=Let's move to Winchelsea, East Sussex|newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 November 2014|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> Station stops are usually shared in each alternate hour with [[Three Oaks railway station|Three Oaks]] making it difficult to travel directly between these two stations. Until May 2018, southbound services ran as express services to Brighton, but this service was discontinued and a stopping service to Eastbourne was introduced, due to long journey times and lack of rolling stock, which caused overcrowding, especially between Brighton and Eastbourne.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/plans-to-axe-direct-rail-service-criticised-1-8036956|title=Plans to axe direct rail service criticised|work=Bexhill Observer|date=3 July 2017|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>


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=== Sources ===
=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book|title=The railways of southern England: secondary and branch lines|first=Edwin|last=Course|publisher=Batsford|year=1974|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|title=The railways of southern England: secondary and branch lines|first=Edwin|last=Course|publisher=Batsford|year=1974}}
* {{cite book|title=South Eastern Railway|first=Adrian|last=Gray|publisher=Middleton Press|year=1990|isbn=978-0-906520-85-7|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|title=South Eastern Railway|first=Adrian|last=Gray|publisher=Middleton Press|year=1990|isbn=978-0-906520-85-7}}
* {{cite book|title=South Coast Railways - Hastings to Ashford and the New Romney Branch|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|publisher=Middleton Press|year=1987|isbn=0-906520-37-1|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|title=South Coast Railways - Hastings to Ashford and the New Romney Branch|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|publisher=Middleton Press|year=1987|isbn=0-906520-37-1}}
* {{cite book|title=Single Track Obsession: A Book of Extraordinary Railway Journeys|first=Rob|last=Sissons|publisher=Trafford Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4251-6239-9|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|title=Single Track Obsession: A Book of Extraordinary Railway Journeys|first=Rob|last=Sissons|publisher=Trafford Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4251-6239-9}}
{{refend}}
{{refend}}


Revision as of 00:48, 2 February 2021

This article is about the English railway station. For the Australian station, see Winchelsea railway station, Victoria.

Winchelsea
National Rail
General information
LocationWinchelsea, Rother
England
Coordinates50°56′01″N 0°42′08″E / 50.93374°N 0.70222°E / 50.93374; 0.70222
Grid referenceTQ899183
Managed bySouthern
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeWSE
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened13 February 1851
Passengers
2015/16Increase 7,598
2016/17Decrease 7,578
2017/18Increase 9,254
2018/19Decrease 9,048
2019/20Increase 9,688
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Winchelsea railway station is a railway station in East Sussex, England. It is about 0.62 miles (1 km) from Winchelsea and is actually in the neighbouring parish of Udimore. It is on the Marshlink line 9.3 miles (15 km) north east of Hastings, and train services are provided by Southern. The station originally had two platforms, but in 1979, the line was singled and only the up platform is now in use. The former down platform and station building are now converted to a private house.

Location

Winchelsea station, August 1982

The station is in an isolated location.[1] It is not a convenient way of getting to or from Winchelsea, especially outside daylight hours. The route involves walking down an unlit and winding country lane and then climbing a steep hill, walking along the A259 trunk road, which does not have a pavement.[2] The journey takes about 15 minutes. As an alternative, Stagecoach bus route 100 runs from Rye and stops in the town.[3]

Being isolated and given the limited stopping service, it is little used other than by walkers visiting the Brede Valley.[citation needed] Local people may book a free lift to and from the station via a voluntary scheme run through Winchelsea Farm Kitchen.[4]

Facilities

The buildings have been sold into private ownership and so this station is unstaffed.[5] There is a ticket machine at the station.

Free parking facilities are available at the station.[6]

History

The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway (SER) on 13 February 1851 as one of the first stations on the line from Ashford to Hastings, along with Ham Street, Appledore and Rye.[7] The station, like several others on the line, was built with staggered platforms on the belief that it would be safer for passengers to cross the railway behind a departing train.[8]

Traffic was very sparse and the station closed on 1 September, in part because it was impossible to access the town without crossing private land. The Mayor of Winchelsea campaigned for reopening and negotiating access with the respective landowner, and the SER agreed to open the station on 4 December.[9] A resignalling programme took place in the early 1890s.[10]

The station gradually reduced its facilities. In 1961, the station building was sold off, and has since been in private hands.[11] By 1969, the signal box and goods siding had been removed, and by the early 1970s the shelter canopy was removed and the post of crossing keeper was discontinued.[12] On 1 October 1979, the line was reduced to single track to reduce operational costs. The down platform (to Hastings) was removed; since then all trains have stopped at the one remaining platform.[13] A 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) speed limit was imposed on the line approaching Winchelsea.[14] The wooden shelter on the remaining (up) platform was replaced by a conventional modern shelter in 1984.[15]

Local campaign groups Three Oaks and Winchelsea Action for Rail Transport (THWART) and the Marshlink Action Group (MLAG) campaigned for services to be increased, and from December 2010 a two-hourly service in each direction was restored.[16] In 2015, trains began stopping at the station on Sundays, after a ten-year campaign.[17]

Services

There is a two-hourly service to Winchelsea with trains to Eastbourne and Ashford International.[18] Station stops are usually shared in each alternate hour with Three Oaks making it difficult to travel directly between these two stations. Until May 2018, southbound services ran as express services to Brighton, but this service was discontinued and a stopping service to Eastbourne was introduced, due to long journey times and lack of rolling stock, which caused overcrowding, especially between Brighton and Eastbourne.[19]

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

References

Citations

  1. ^ Course 1974, p. 67.
  2. ^ Locke, Tim (2017). Slow Travel Sussex: South Downs, Weald & Coast. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-784-77042-6.
  3. ^ "Winchelsea, East Sussex". National Trust. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Town life". Winchelsea Corporation. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  5. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1987, fig. 35.
  6. ^ "Essential Information" (PDF). Winchelsea Walk. East Sussex County Council. March 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  7. ^ Gray 1990, p. 210.
  8. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1987, fig. 33.
  9. ^ Gray 1990, pp. 210–212.
  10. ^ Gray 1990, p. 213.
  11. ^ Course 1974, p. 69.
  12. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1987, figs. 35, 36.
  13. ^ Sissons 2008, p. 411.
  14. ^ "Letter from Bexhill Rail Action Group to RUS Programme Manager" (Document). Network Rail. 2009. p. 6. {{cite document}}: Unknown parameter |access-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help)
  15. ^ Glasspool, David. "Winchelsea". Kent Rail. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  16. ^ "All Change on the Old Diesel Marshlink line". Kentish Express. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Sunday trains resume at Winchelsea and Three Oaks". Rye and Battle Observer. 1 December 2015.
  18. ^ "Let's move to Winchelsea, East Sussex". The Guardian. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  19. ^ "Plans to axe direct rail service criticised". Bexhill Observer. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

Sources

  • Course, Edwin (1974). The railways of southern England: secondary and branch lines. Batsford.
  • Gray, Adrian (1990). South Eastern Railway. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-85-7.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1987). South Coast Railways - Hastings to Ashford and the New Romney Branch. Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-37-1.
  • Sissons, Rob (2008). Single Track Obsession: A Book of Extraordinary Railway Journeys. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4251-6239-9.
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