Eastbourne railway station
Eastbourne 
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| Location | |
| Place | Eastbourne |
| Local authority | Eastbourne |
| Grid reference | TV609991 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | EBN |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3.595 million |
| – Interchange |
38,614 |
| 2012/13 |
 3.589 million |
| – Interchange |
26,138 |
| 2013/14 |
3.693 million |
| – Interchange |
10,983 |
| 2014/15 |
3.753 million |
| – Interchange |
10,039 |
| 2015/16 |
3.754 million |
| – Interchange |
9,042 |
| History | |
| 1849 | Opened |
| 1866 | Rebuilt |
| 1872 | Resited |
| 1886 | Rebuilt |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eastbourne from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Eastbourne railway station serves the seaside town of Eastbourne in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line. The station is managed by Southern, who operate all trains serving it. It is one of two railway stations in the town, the other being Hampden Park Station. There are also two other stations in the Eastbourne area, one being Pevensey & Westham, in nearby Westham (near Pevensey), the other being Polegate.
Most passenger services along the coast served the station, as they do today. Trains reverse at the station to continue their journey along the East Coastway by using a junction north of Hampden Park railway station; services run either east (to Bexhill, Hastings and Ashford International) or west via Lewes (to Brighton or London Victoria) from the station.
The single track branch line to Eastbourne from Polegate on the Brighton to Hastings line was opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) on 14 May 1849. As the town became an ever more popular seaside resort two further stations followed: the first in 1866 and the present station, designed by F.D. Brick, in 1886. There was a rarely used triangular junction between Polegate and the now-closed Stone Cross which allowed trains to bypass the Branch; the track for this has now been lifted.
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