Hampden Park railway station
Hampden Park 
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Hampden Park railway station in 2008
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| Location | |
| Place | Hampden Park |
| Local authority | Eastbourne |
| Coordinates | 50°47′46″N 0°16′44″E / 50.796°N 0.279°ECoordinates: 50°47′46″N 0°16′44″E / 50.796°N 0.279°E |
| Grid reference | TQ607021 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HMD |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.579 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.574 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.583 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.594 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.600 million |
| History | |
| Original company | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 1 January 1888 | Opened as Willingdon |
| 1 July 1903 | renamed Hampden Park for Willingdon |
| ? | Renamed Hampden Park |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hampden Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Hampden Park railway station serves Hampden Park in the northern areas of the seaside town of Eastbourne in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern. Opened on 1 January 1888, it was originally called Willingdon, but was renamed Hampden Park for Willingdon on 1 July 1903. The name became Hampden Park under British Railways. It is one of two stations serving Eastbourne, the other being Eastbourne railway station
The station is located on a spur line originally termed the Eastbourne Branch. There was a rarely used triangular junction between Polegate and the now-closed Stone Cross which allowed trains to bypass the Branch; the track has now been lifted. Services along the coast have almost invariably served Eastbourne, and as Eastbourne is at the end of the spur line, the trains pass through Hampden Park station twice - once on the way to Eastbourne, and once on the way out of Eastbourne - although not all trains stop on both occasions. Because of this arrangement, some connections are advertised to allow passengers on the Victoria-Eastbourne service to use Hampden Park to pick up the stopping service to Hastings and vice versa.
The level crossing at Hampden Park is thought to be one of the busiest in the country, with an average fourteen train movements an hour off-peak, and this can lead to significant traffic congestion on adjacent roads. The signal box which controlled the crossing was abolished in February 2015 when the controls were transferred to Three Bridges Regional Operations Centre.
The typical Mondays-Fridays off-peak service is:
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