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Coordinates: 50°51′22″N 0°33′40″E / 50.856°N 0.561°E / 50.856; 0.561
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Revision as of 19:40, 14 January 2020

St Leonards Warrior Square
General information
LocationHastings, East Sussex
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSLQ
Key dates
13 February 1851 (1851-02-13)Opened as St Leonards[1]
5 December 1870Renamed St Leonards Warrior Square[1]
1 January 1917Closed[1]
1 January 1919Reopened[1]

St Leonards Warrior Square 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 61 miles 55 chains (99.3 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between West St Leonards and Hastings. The station is operated by Southeastern.

History

The station building and house, still in existence today, were constructed in 1851 by the South Eastern Railway (SER). The competing London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) trains were not allowed to stop here until December 1870.[2] The two companies maintained separate booking offices until 1923 when they both became part of the Southern Railway. The station is constructed in a narrow valley with higher ground east and west, so that trains arrive and depart either end of the platform through tunnels. This restricts the number of carriages which have direct access to the platform to 8 cars.

Services

Railway stations
in Hastings
Legend
Marshlink line
to Ashford International
 Ore
Mount Pleasant Tunnel (
230 yd
210 m
)
 Hastings
Hastings Tunnel (
788 yd
721 m
)
Hastings line
to Tonbridge
 St Leonards Warrior Square
West St Leonards
Bopeep Tunnel (
1318 yd
1205 m
)
Bopeep Junction
 St Leonards West Marina
Bulverhythe
Glyne Gap Halt
East Coastway line
to Eastbourne & Brighton

Services at the station are operated by either Southeastern Trains via the Hastings Line or by Southern Trains via the East Coastway Line and the Marshlink Line. Southeastern services use Class 375 electric multiple units. Southern services use Class 377 electric multiple units and Class 171 diesel multiple units.

As of May 2018 the typical off-peak service from the station is:

There are also peak hour services to London Cannon Street operated by Southeastern.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Bexhill   Southern
Brighton - Ore
London Victoria - Ore
Brighton - Ashford 		  Hastings
Battle
or
West St Leonards 		  Southeastern
London Charing Cross - Hastings 		  Hastings
  Southeastern
Peak Times Only
London Cannon Street - Ore 		 
  Historical railways  
St Leonards
West Marina 		  London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
East Coastway Line 		  Hastings
  • The platform
    The platform
  • Above the tunnel mouth
    Above the tunnel mouth
  • Above the tunnel mouth, in the snow (January 2006)
    Above the tunnel mouth, in the snow (January 2006)
  • A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around St Leonards Warrior Square railway station.
    A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around St Leonards Warrior Square railway station.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 204.
  2. ^ White, H.P. (1992). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Southern England (Vol. 2). Nairn, Scotland: David St John Thomas. p. 35. ISBN 0-946537-77-1. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Network Rail Timetable May 2010: Table 206

50°51′22″N 0°33′40″E / 50.856°N 0.561°E / 50.856; 0.561

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