Stonegate railway station

51°01′12″N 0°21′50″E / 51.020°N 0.364°E / 51.020; 0.364Grid referenceTQ658271Managed bySoutheasternPlatforms2Other informationStation codeSOGClassificationDfT category EHistoryOriginal companySouth Eastern RailwayPre-groupingSouth Eastern and Chatham RailwayPost-groupingSouthern RailwayKey dates1 September 1851Opened as WitherendenDecember 1851Renamed Ticehurst Road16 June 1947Renamed StonegatePassengers2018/19 0.187 million2019/20 0.176 million2020/21 29,2242021/22 93,0642022/23 0.118 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Stonegate railway station (not to be confused with Stone Crossing) is on the Hastings line in the south of England. It is located between Witherenden Hill and Stonegate in the parish of Ticehurst, East Sussex. It is located 43 miles 66 chains (70.5 km) down the line from London Charing Cross . The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

Services

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

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

• 1 tph to London Charing Cross
• 1 tph to Hastings

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			Following station
Wadhurst		Southeastern Hastings Line		Etchingham

History

The South Eastern Railway route between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings was authorised in 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. lxiv), and opened in stages: the section between Tunbridge Wells and Robertsbridge was opened on 1 September 1851.^[2] The station opened the same day named Witherenden^[3] (the name of a nearby hamlet), but was renamed in December the same year to Ticehurst Road.^[4] It became Stonegate (after a village about 1 mile away) on 16 June 1947.^[5]

On 13 April 2014, it emerged that a BlackRock fund manager travelling from the station had dodged an estimated £42,550 over five years in season ticket fares to London by using an unvalidated Oyster card and avoiding ticket inspectors. It is believed to have been the highest fare dodge known in Britain.^[6]

References

External links

Bedford and London to BrightonLondon to EastbourneLondon to HastingsBrighton to Hastings:
East CoastwayHastings to Ashford:
MarshlinkBrighton to Seaford Southampton to Brighton:
West CoastwayLondon to Uckfield

Heritage railway stations

Bluebell RailwayKent and East Sussex RailwayLavender LineSpa Valley Railway