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Battle railway station

Coordinates: 50°54′47″N 0°29′42″E / 50.913°N 0.495°E / 50.913; 0.495
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Battle
National Rail
The station in 2006
General information
LocationBattle, Rother, East Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ754155
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBAT
ClassificationDfT category D
Key dates
1 January 1852Opened
1986Lengthened and electrified
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.559 million
2019/20Decrease 0.527 million
2020/21Decrease 0.103 million
2021/22Increase 0.341 million
2022/23Increase 0.401 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Station entrance (1962)

Battle railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves the town of Battle, East Sussex. It is 55 miles 46 chains (89.4 km) down the line from London Charing Cross . The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

It was opened on 1 January 1852 and line to Hastings opening a month later. The Gothic-style station building, designed by William Tress, is Grade II listed.

Battle station consists of two platforms linked by a footbridge (with steps on both sides) and a station building housing a ticket office and waiting room. Train information is provided in the form of automated announcements, displays and poster timetables. All the original sidings have now gone and now form part of the car park. The platforms are staggered and originally did not overlap as they do now, but were extended to cater for eight-carriage trains before the 1986 electrification of the line by British Rail.

Services

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All services at Battle are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]

Additional services, including trains to and from and London Cannon Street and Ore call at the station in the peak hours.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southeastern
Disused railways
Terminus   British Rail Southern Region
  Crowhurst
Robertsbridge   South Eastern Railway
  West St Leonards

Connections

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No bus services now run from directly outside the station, although bus routes 95 and 1066 towards Hastings, Hastings Conquest Hospital, Bexhill-on-Sea, Hawkhurst and Tunbridge Wells stop at the end of the long approach road. These services are all operated by Stagecoach South East.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Table 206 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  2. ^ "Battle Station Onward Travel" (PDF). National Rail. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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