Hove railway station
Hove 
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| Location | |
| Place | Hove |
| Local authority | Brighton & Hove |
| Grid reference | TQ289055 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HOV |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 2.392 million |
| 2012/13 |
2.400 million |
| 2013/14 |
2.422 million |
| 2014/15 |
2.453 million |
| 2015/16 |
 2.452 million |
| History | |
| 1 October 1865 | Opened (Cliftonville) |
| 1 July 1879 | Renamed (West Brighton) |
| 1 October 1894 | Renamed (Hove and West Brighton) |
| 1 July 1895 | Renamed (Hove) |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hove from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Hove railway station is in Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Southern. The only other operator is Great Western Railway, who provide a limited number of services each day to Wales and the West Country. However Gatwick Express Class 442s stable at Hove from time to time. The station is 51 miles (82 km) south of London Victoria.
It is the closest railway station to County Cricket Ground, Hove where Sussex CCC play matches.
The original Hove railway station, situated further to the east, opened on 11 May 1840 by the London and Brighton Railway, on its line from Brighton to Shoreham-by-Sea, designed by the architect David Mocatta. It closed on 1 March 1880, and was converted into the Holland Road Goods Depot.' A wooden halt named Holland Road Halt was also opened a short distance to the west in 1905, served by local trains towards Worthing and on the branch line to Devil's Dyke. This closed in 1956, and no trace now remains of its platforms.
The present Hove station was opened on 1 October 1865. It was originally named Cliftonville, then West Brighton, before being renamed Hove and West Brighton in 1894 and finally Hove in 1895.
The original station building, dating from the station's opening in 1865, is on the south side of the line and to the east of the present ticket office and concourse, being separated from this by a long footbridge (a public right of way) linking the residential roads of Goldstone Villas and Hove Park Villas. The section of road on which the original building stands is called Station Approach. It is currently in commercial use. The design is very similar to that of the buildings still in use at West Worthing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Portslade and London Road stations, and the former Kemptown station in Brighton.
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