Hove railway station

For other Hove railway stations, see Hove railway station, Adelaide and Hove railway station, Belgium.

Hove
National Rail
The main façade in 2010, looking northwest
General information
LocationHove
England
Grid referenceTQ289055
Managed bySouthern
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeHOV
ClassificationDfT category C2
Key dates
1 October 1865Opened (Cliftonville)
1 July 1879Renamed (West Brighton)
1 October 1894Renamed (Hove and West Brighton)
1 July 1895Renamed (Hove)[1]
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 2.329 million
 Interchange 0.370 million
2020/21Decrease 0.631 million
 Interchange Decrease 92,369
2021/22Increase 1.457 million
 Interchange Increase 0.227 million
2022/23Increase 1.767 million
 Interchange Increase 0.328 million
2023/24Increase 1.805 million
 Interchange Increase 0.409 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
The original station building at Hove, now used as a hand car wash.
The island platform looking east, with the long footbridge behind. Southern EMU 377436 stands at Platform 1 with a London Victoria service.

Hove railway station serves Hove, in Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is 50 miles 56 chains (81.6 km) measured from London Victoria. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Southern.

Gatwick Express trains stable at Hove from time to time.

It is the closest railway station to the County Cricket Ground, Hove where Sussex CCC play matches.

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 124.