St Leonards Warrior Square railway station

St Leonards Warrior Square
Location
Place	St Leonards on Sea
Local authority	Hastings, East Sussex
Grid reference	TQ803093
Operations
Station code	SLQ
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.679 million
2011/12	0.666 million
2012/13	0.655 million
2013/14	0.677 million
2014/15	0.734 million
History
13 February 1851	Opened as St Leonards[1]
5 December 1870	Renamed St Leonards Warrior Square[1]
1 January 1917	Closed[1]
1 January 1919	Reopened[1]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at St Leonards Warrior Square from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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St Leonards Warrior Square railway station is one of four railway stations serving Hastings in East Sussex, England. It is on the Hastings Line and the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southeastern and Southern.

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.

Services

Railway stations in Hastings
Legend
Marshlink Line to Ashford International and London Ore Mount Pleasant tunnel 230 yd 210 m Hastings Hastings tunnel 788 yd 721 m Hastings Line to Tonbridge and London Charing Cross St Leonards Warrior Square West St Leonards Bo-peep tunnel 1318 yd 1205 m Bopeep Junction St Leonards West Marina Bulverhythe Glyne Gap Halt East Coastway Line to Eastbourne and 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 2010 the typical off-peak service from the station is:

• Southern Trains
  • 1tph to London Victoria via the East Coastway Line (semi-fast)
  • 2tph to Brighton via the East Coastway Line (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)
  • 1tph to Ashford International via the Hastings and the Marshlink Line (semi-fast)
  • 2tph to Ore via Hastings
• Southeastern Trains
  • 2tph to London Charing Cross via the Hastings Line (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)
  • 2tph to Hastings (direct)^[3]

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

Gallery

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  The platform
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  Above the tunnel mouth
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  Above the tunnel mouth, in the snow (January 2006)
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  A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around St Leonards Warrior Square railway station.

References

1. 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.
3. Network Rail Timetable May 2010: Table 206

External links

• Train times and station information for St Leonards Warrior Square railway station from National Rail

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