Bulverhythe railway station

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St Leonards Bulverhythe
Location East Bulverhythe, West St Leonards, Hastings, East Sussex
England
Grid reference TQ784088
Platforms?
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway
Key dates
27 June 1846 [1] [2] Opened
7 November 1846Closed
Railway stations
in Hastings
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Ore
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Mount Pleasant Tunnel (
230 yd
210 m
)
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Hastings
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Hastings Tunnel (
788 yd
721 m
)
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St Leonards Warrior Square
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West St Leonards
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Bopeep Tunnel (
1318 yd
1205 m
)
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St Leonards West Marina
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Bulverhythe
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Glyne Gap Halt
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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]

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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.

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References

  1. "St Leonards West Marina". Disussed Stations.
  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   978-0-7134-0490-6.
  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 15 June 2012.
  8. Course 1973, p. 149.

Coordinates: 50°51′06″N0°32′02″E / 50.851640°N 0.533769°E / 50.851640; 0.533769