Bulverhythe railway station

St Leonards Bulverhythe
Location
Place East Bulverhythe, West St Leonards
Area Hastings, East Sussex
Grid reference TQ784088
Operations
Original company Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway
Platforms ?
History
27 June 1846[1][2] Opened
7 November 1846 Closed
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Railway stations in Hastings
Marshlink line
to Ashford International and London
 Ore
Mount Pleasant tunnel
230 yd
210 m
 Hastings
Hastings tunnel
788 yd
721 m
Hastings line
to Tonbridge and London Charing Cross
 St Leonards Warrior Square
 West St Leonards
Bo-peep tunnel
1318 yd
1205 m
Bopeep Junction
 St Leonards West Marina
 Bulverhythe
 Glyne Gap Halt
East Coastway line
to Eastbourne and Brighton

Bulverhythe (also known as St Leonards Bulverhythe[3]) was a temporary railway station on the Brighton Lewes and Hastings Railway in Bulverhythe, now part of Hastings, East Sussex.[4]

History

The independent Brighton, Lewes & Hastings Railway was incorporated in 1844 to construct a 32.5 miles (52.3 km) line from Brighton to Bulverhythe, 2.75 miles (4.43 km) from Hastings.[5] A temporary terminus named "Bulverhythe" was opened on 27 June 1846 on a site near the Bull Inn on the modern day A259 Bexhill Road[6] pending the construction of a bridge over the River Asten.[7] The station remained open for just under six months, before the line was extended to a permanent station at St Leonards West Marina in November 1846.[8] The Brighton, Lewes & Hastings Railway was taken over by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1847.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bexhill   Brighton, Lewes & Hastings Railway
East Coastway Line		   Terminus

Present day

St Leonards West Marina station closed in 1967 and the only remaining station in the West St Leonards area is West St Leonards.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/st.leonards_west_marina/index.shtml
  2. ↑ Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
  3. ↑ Course, Edwin (1973). The Railways of Southern England: the Main Lines. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 299. ISBN 0-7134-0490-6.
  4. ↑ Kent Rail, "Brighton".
  5. ↑ White, H.P. (1992). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Southern England (Vol. 2). Nairn, Scotland: David St John Thomas. p. 84. ISBN 0-946537-77-1.
  6. ↑ Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society, Brighton to Three Bridges, 27 December 2004.
  7. ↑ "The Bull Inn". 17 January 2008. Archived from the original on 10 March 2008. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
  8. ↑ Course, E., p. 149.

Coordinates: 50°51′06″N 0°32′02″E / 50.851640°N 0.533769°E / 50.851640; 0.533769

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