Bexhill West railway station

Bexhill West
General information
LocationBexhill-on-Sea, Rother, East Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ736076
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCrowhurst, Sidley and Bexhill Railway
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1902[1]Opened as Bexhill
1 January 1917Closed
1 March 1919Reopened
1920Renamed Bexhill-on-Sea
9 July 1923Renamed Bexhill (Eastern)
November 1929Renamed Bexhill West
9 September 1963[2]Goods facilities withdrawn
15 June 1964Closed to passengers

Bexhill West is a closed station in Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex. It was the terminus of the Bexhill West branch of the Hastings Line. It was opened by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and was operated by the Southern Region of British Railways on closing. The station building still survives as an antiques house. The trackbed and site of the demolished platforms are now occupied by commercial industrial buildings.

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 33.
  2. ^ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 12. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.